 Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!  The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Sida 185efter Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 400 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1842 - 612 sidor
...cannonade. Is it, O man! with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the...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 sidor
...such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownost Nature's sweet arid kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies?...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... | |
 | 1872 - 1120 sidor
...magnanimously forgiven. THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES. DECEMBER, 1872. THE GENEVA ARBITRATION. Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need for arsenals and forts.* THE passions of mankind are, perhaps, as fierce as ever they were, but they are more frequently... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 sidor
...Is it, 0 man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the...courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, 20 There were no need of arsenals and forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every... | |
 | 1844 - 784 sidor
...Is it, oh man, with such discordant noise?, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drown est Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the...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... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 sidor
...Is it, 0 man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, 20 There were no need... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1845 - 108 sidor
...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,...redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation that should lift... | |
 | 1846 - 308 sidor
...With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarreHt the celestial harmonies '. Were half the power, that...redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should... | |
 | 1846 - 302 sidor
...instruments as these, Thou drowneet Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power, that fills the world with terror....redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 sidor
...cannonade. Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the...half the power, that fills the world with terror, 9 Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There... | |
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