Chaplain Fuller: Being a Life Sketch of a New England Clergyman and Army ChaplainWalker, Wise and Company, 1863 - Всего страниц: 342 |
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amid army Arthur battle battle of Fredericksburg battle-field beautiful believe Belvidere bless Boston boys brave brother BUCKMINSTER FULLER called camp cause Chaplain Fuller Christian church Dana Hill dear death devoted Divine duty dying earnest enemy faith father fearful feel felt field fire flowers fortress Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg friends heart heaven holy honor hope hospital hour labors land leave letter liberty live look loyal Margaret ment Merrimac mind minister morning mother nation naval never night noble occasion officers once passed pastor patriotic Peninsular campaign prayer preached rebel rebellion religion religious Sabbath school says scene seemed sermon Sewall's Point shell shore sick Sixteenth Massachusetts Regiment Sixteenth Regiment slave slave power slavery soldiers solemn soon soul speak spirit Star-Spangled Banner steamers suffering temperance tent Thomas Fuller thought Timothy Fuller tion Union Union army words wounded writes yesterday
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Стр. 2 - So in the church-yard she was laid ; And, when the grass was dry,* Together round her grave we played, My brother John and I. And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." " How many are you, then," said I, " If they two are in heaven ?" Quick was the little Maid's reply,
Стр. 244 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ; And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there...
Стр. 156 - Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast: Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause: This is the happy Warrior; this is he Whom every Man in arms should wish...
Стр. 156 - Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not— Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won : Whom neither shape of danger can dismay, Nor thought of tender happiness betray ; Who, not content that former worth stand fast, Looks forward, persevering: to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast...
Стр. 157 - Retire; or taste thy folly, and learn by proof, Hell-born, not to contend with Spirits of Heaven.
Стр. 156 - OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR. WHO is the happy Warrior? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be ? — It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought...
Стр. 57 - THESE are the gardens of the Desert, these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name— The Prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness.
Стр. 126 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have...
Стр. 127 - Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
Стр. 132 - Unargued I obey : so God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine : to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.