I love thee with a brother's love, I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy words, As leaps the warrior's at the shine And flash of kindred swords... Poems: By John G. Whittier, Illus. by H. Billing - Page 139by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1855 - 396 pagesFull view - About this book
| Antislavery movements - 1837 - 486 pages
...thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo hack ihy words, As leaps the warrior's at the shine And flash of kindred swords." rate the power of the following lines, as a shield to quench the fiery darti of calumny 7 " Have I... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1850 - 408 pages
...a brother's love, I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy...warrior's at the shine And flash of kindred swords I They tell me thou art rash and vain — A searcher after fame — That thou art striving but to gain... | |
| William Lloyd Garrison - Abolitionists - 1852 - 428 pages
...brother's love — I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill; My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy...thou hast nerved the Afric's hand, And steeled the Afrie's heart, To shake aloft his vengeful brand, And rend his chain apart. Have I not known thee well,... | |
| David W. Bartlett - Reformers - 1855 - 440 pages
...brother's IOT« — I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill ; My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy...warrior's at the shine And flash of kindred swords I They tell me thou art rash and rain — A searcher after fame ; That thou art striving but to gain... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1856 - 470 pages
...a brother's love, I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy...after fame — That thou art striving but to gain VOICES OF FREEDOM. That thou hast nerved the Afric's hand, And steeled the Afric's heart, To shake... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1861 - 360 pages
...a brother's love, I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy...gain A long enduring name ; That thou hast nerved the Afrie's hand And steeled the Afrie's heart, To shake aloft his vengeful brand, And rend his chain apart.... | |
| Samuel Joseph May - Antislavery movements - 1869 - 532 pages
...brother's love; I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. _ My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy...warrior's at the shine And flash of kindred swords! " Go on — the dagger's point may glare Amid thy pathway's gloom, — The fate which sternly threatens... | |
| Samuel Joseph May - Antislavery movements - 1869 - 434 pages
...brother's love ; I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy...warrior's at the shine And flash of kindred swords ! " Go on — the dagger's point may glare Amid thy pathway's gloom, — The fate which sternly threatens... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1871 - 506 pages
...mark thy spirit soar ahove The clmid of hnman ill. My heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo hack thy words, As leaps the warrior's at the shine And flash of kindred swords I They tell me thon art rash and vain — A searcher after fame : That thon art striving hot to gain... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 pages
...brother's love, I feel my pulses thrill, To mark thy spirit soar above The cloud of human ill. lly heart hath leaped to answer thine, And echo back thy...after fame ; That thou art striving but to gain A long-enduring name ; That thou hast nerved the Afric's hand And steeled the Afric's heart, To shake... | |
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