 | John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russel Lowell - 1891 - 560 страници
...Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly ho : He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. Long as man's hope insatiate can discern Or only guess some more inspiring goal Outside of Self, enduring... | |
 | William Goodell Frost - 1891 - 50 страници
...BIRTHDAY,'i89i WILLIAM G. FROST y Great Captains, with their guns and drums,] Disturb our judgment for an hour, But at last silence comes; These all are gone,...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. THE ODHRLIN HKWS TOSS —LOWBLL. Cotvriglited 1891, hy \Vm. G. frost ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Mr. President,... | |
 | 1891 - 624 страници
...any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity. ****** And, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." The Concord Ode, as was natural, was a joyous paean to Freedom, exquisite in diction, full of melody,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1891 - 296 страници
...we seem to see the president's homely features irradiated with the light of coming martyrdom — " The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious,...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." Within the past quarter of a century the popular school of American humor has reached its culmination.... | |
 | 1891 - 524 страници
...religious position is not adequately represented. With these two exceptions, the picture is well painted of "The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious,...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." MR, SLADEN'S VEESE." FOUR modest little volumes, in parchment-paper covers, afford a comprehensive... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - 1891 - 482 страници
...Days of Lee and his Paladins. Richardson's The Field, Dungeon, and Escape. 17. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. . . . Standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his...foreseeing man, 'Sagacious, patient, dreading praise no blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. — LOWELL, in Commemoration Ode. The Death... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - 1891 - 616 страници
...The "Commemoration Ode" contains a eulogy of President Lincoln, concluding, — "The kindly, earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American." The only volume by Mr. Lowell that has not been mentioned is "The Cathedral," a poem which appeared... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1892 - 206 страници
...he : , He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. VII. Long as man's hope insatiate can discern Or only guess some more inspiring goal Outside of Self,... | |
 | 1892 - 780 страници
...friendly for all human kind, Yet also nigh to heaven loved of loftiest stars. • • • • • • Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb...; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Onr children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient,... | |
 | 1892 - 806 страници
...these two volumes. Lowell, in the noblest poem which America has yet produced, describes Lincoln as — The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man. Sagacious,...blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. More than anyotherof our statesmen Lincoln interpreted and embodied the American spirit. By his genial... | |
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He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These all are gone, and,... 
