 Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome gift at the 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...  Annual Register - Page 317edited by - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Furman Hunt - History - 1908 - 530 pages
...themselves to the Republic and have fallen in the morning of life— their harvest of glory ungatheredT "If there be on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear 'Tis the last libation that Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause." They exhibited a fidelity to... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - Great Britain - 1913 - 470 pages
...of Paradise with the last drop of blood shed by the last defender of his country's liberties : — " Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering heaven holds dear, "Pis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause." Hafed, the... | |
 | Amy Davis Winship - Women - 1920 - 172 pages
...one among the many who died that liberty and country might live. The sweetest of Irish poets wrote: "Blood like this For Liberty shed, so holy is It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles 'mid the bowers of bliss. Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere A boon — an offering — heaven... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Library - Illinois - 1923 - 396 pages
...County, Illinois, Governor Yates argued for the provision of homes for soldiers orphans as follows: "Oh! if there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, Sure 'tis the last libation liberty draws From the heart that suffers and bleeds in her cause. (Great... | |
 | Illinois State Historical Society - Illinois - 1923 - 398 pages
...County, Illinois, Governor Yates argued for the provision of homes for soldiers orphans as follows : "Oh ! if there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, Sure 'tis the last libation liberty draws From the heart that suffers and bleeds in her cause. (Great... | |
 | Pat Morris Neff - Texas - 1925 - 334 pages
...human blood, became the habitat of my heroes, and with the wandering Peri of ancient legend, I said : "Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere, A boon, an...offering Heaven holds dear, Tis the last libation that liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause." The other quotation on my college... | |
 | Genealogy - 1902 - 1548 pages
...of all possible evils; For it is folly, vice and madness, Without tuition or restraint. — Burke. Oh! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering that Heaven holds dear, "Tis the last libation that Liberty draws EDITOR'S NOTE BOOK. According to... | |
 | Joseph Lennon - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 524 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-born spirit fled! "Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, "My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....warfare, blood like this "For Liberty shed, so holy is." (1850, 11 7-1 8)52 This fallen hero may seem to indicate a sense of resignation and acceptance of earthly... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 336 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed, before its freeborn spirit fled ! "Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, "my welcome gift at the Gates of Light...not stain the purest rill that sparkles among the flowers of bliss ! Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, a boon, an offering, Heaven holds dear,... | |
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