 | 1842 - 612 էջ
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power that fills the world with terror, — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and sports, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. Down the... | |
 | International peace society - 232 էջ
...instruments as these, Thou drownost Nature's sweet arid kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the buman mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts : The warrior's name would bo a name... | |
 | 1844 - 784 էջ
...instruments as these, Thou drown est Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and court?, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts. The warrior's... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1846 - 112 էջ
...attractive of any in the poem, but which commend themselves by their intrinsic truth and moral force :— Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestow'd on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals... | |
 | 1856 - 604 էջ
...instruments as these, Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices. And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestow'd on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 էջ
...inward voice, l Our hearts are thankful, and our souls rejoice ! H. SELECTED POETRY. WAR AND PEACE. Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the weal h bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1850 - 428 էջ
...this Psalm of Peace may happily relieve the detail of statistics, while they blend with my argument. Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camp and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts.... | |
 | John Cumming - 1852 - 660 էջ
...dreary, When the death-angel touches those swift keys ! What Will mingle with their awful symphonies ! Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestow'd in camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals... | |
 | 1854 - 428 էջ
...sacrifice of a greater amount of treasure and human life than anything else. Well might Longfellow say Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed encamps and courts Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts.... | |
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