 | Gleanings - 1882 - 548 pages
...that youthful warrior stood — Silent lie pointed to the flood All crimson with his country's blood, For liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the...From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause ! " " Sweet," said the Angel, as she gave The gift into his radiant hand, "THE RED BLADE BROKE* IX... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - Fourth of July celebrations - 1882 - 1040 pages
...willow and the laurel, and we feel that blood like this "For liberty shed so holy is It would not §tain the purest rill That sparkles among the bowers of...this earthly sphere A boon, an offering Heaven holds denr, "Tis the last libation liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause." We... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1883 - 624 pages
...Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the...From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause I* " Sweet," said the Angel, as she gave The gift into his radiant hand, "Sweet is our welcome of the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...ages have not yet subdued In man, to have no master save his mood. 2677 Byron : Island. Canto I. St 2 Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon,...From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause. a!678 Moore : Lalla Hookh. Paradise and the Peri UBR.ARIES — see Books. Heio you must bide, my friends,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, 125 flight, Herrig oflering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws 130 From the heart that bleeds and... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1886 - 300 pages
...ends so noble is, It would stain not the purest of those who still Long to sit on the treasury bench of bliss. Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere A boon that the Devil holds truly dear, 'Tis the false eclat which knavery draws From a premier who falls... | |
 | Readers, American - 1889 - 466 pages
...Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For liberty shed, so holy is It would not stain the purest rill That sparkle;} among the bowers of bliss ! Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering heaven... | |
 | James Vincent Coombs - Elocution - 1891 - 420 pages
...free-born spirit fled ! Though foul are the drops that oft distill On the field of warfare, blood like this For liberty shed, so holy is It would not stain the...From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause ! " " Sweet," said the Angel, as she gave The gift into his radiant hand, "Sweet is our welcome of... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 pages
...Gates of Light, Though foul are the drops that oft distill On the field of warfare, blood like this, For liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the...purest rill, That sparkles among the bowers of bliss t Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, and offering Heaven holds dear, Tis the last libation... | |
 | Readers - 1891 - 204 pages
...lived, the hero fell. Though foul the drops that oft distill On the field of warfare, blood like this For liberty shed so holy is It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles 'mid the bowers of bliss. To die for such a cause as this, Our king, were purest happiness. [Reply... | |
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Oh! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause ! 
