For retribution loudly cries to Heaven, And for the presence of her warriors pleads Till from her far the ruthless foe is driven — Oh GOD ! oh GOD ! hast thou my country given To direful fate ? Must I lie cooped up here ; While she by desecrating hands... Records of the Heart, and Other Poems - Sida 215efter Estelle Anna LEWIS - 1866 - 420 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
| Charles Chauncey Burr - 1848 - 380 sidor
...cause, And holding up their reeking blades, exclaim— "A victory !" Demolish homes, rights, laws, IV. I am a captive while my country bleeds ; For Retribution...thou my country given To direful fate? Must I lie coop'd up here; While she by desecrating hands is riven; The sobs of Age, and Beauty's shrieks of fear,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 428 sidor
...babes and wives without a cause, And, holding up their reeking blades, exclaim, " A victory !" — demolish homes, rights, laws, And o'er the wreck send...pleads, Till from her far the ruthless foe is driven : O God, O God ! hast thou my country given To direful fate ? Must I lie cooped up here, While she... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1854 - 450 sidor
...cause, And, holding up their reeking blades, exclaim, "A victory I" — demolish homes, rights, lavra, And o'er the wreck send up to heaven their proud hurrahs....pleads, Till from her far the ruthless foe is driven : О God, О God ! hast thou my country given To direful fate ? Must I lie cooped up here, While she... | |
| Sallie A. Brock - 1869 - 660 sidor
...slaughter babes and wives without a cause, And holding up their reeking blades exclaim — "A victory!" Demolish homes, rights, laws, And o'er the wreck send up to Heaven their proud hurrahs. • IV. I am a captive while my country bleeds : And Retribution loudly cries to Heaven, And for the... | |
| Sallie A. Brock - 1869 - 666 sidor
...slaughter babes and wives without a cause, And holding up their reeking blades exclaim— "A victory !" Demolish homes, rights, laws, And o'er the wreck send up to Heaven their proud hurraha IV. I am a captive while my country bleeds; And Retribution loudly cries to Heaven, And for... | |
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