 | 1842 - 612 sidor
...the clashing blade, And, ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O man! with such discordant noises, With such accursed...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
...the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of tbuuder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O man ! with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownost Nature's sweet arid kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Were half the power... | |
 | 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,...redeem the 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... | |
 | 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
...the cannonade. 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... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 sidor
...the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 sidor
...the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed...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... | |
 | 1846 - 308 sidor
...blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, 0 in •.», with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments...Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarreHt the celestial harmonies '. Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1846 - 112 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, Were half the wealth, bestow'd on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals... | |
 | 1846 - 302 sidor
...the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drowneet Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power,... | |
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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 for arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred! 
