 We welcome back our bravest and our best; — Ah me! not all! some come not with the rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But the sad strings complain, And will not please the ear: I sweep them...  The Alpha Delta Phi, 1832-1882 - Sida 451efter Alpha Delta Phi - 1882 - 727 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1866 - 504 sidor
...here in the Promised Land That flows with Freedom's honey and milk ; But 't was they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk....back our bravest and our best ; — Ah, me ! not all ! some come not with the rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | 1868 - 850 sidor
...sit here in the Promised Land That flows with Freedom's honey nnd milk ; But 'twas they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk....welcome back our bravest and our best ; Ah, me ! not all I some come not with the rest Who went forth brave and bright as any here I I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | 1868 - 874 sidor
...sit here in the Promised Land That flows with Freedom's honey and milk ; But 'twas they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk....welcome back our bravest and our best ; Ah, me ! not all ! some come not with the rest Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1869 - 214 sidor
...sit here in the Promised Land That flows with Freedom's honey and milk ; But 'twas they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk....welcome back our bravest and our best; Ah me ! not all! some come not with the rest Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 sidor
...sit here in the Promised Land That Hows with freedom's honey and milk ; But 't was they won it, sword in hand. Making the nettle danger soft for us as '...back our bravest and our best ; — Ah me ! not all ! some come not with the rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 sidor
...sit here in the Promised Land That flows with Freedom's honey and milk; But 'twas they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk....back our bravest and our best ; — Ah, me ! not all ! some come not with the rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 sidor
...Freedom's honey hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us and milk; But 'twas they won it, sword in as silk. We welcome back our bravest and our best;— Ah, me! not all! some come not with the rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here! I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 sidor
...here in the Promised Land That tlows with Freedom's honey and milk : But 't was they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk....back our bravest and our best; — Ah, me ! not all ! some come not with the rest. Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 sidor
...here in the Promised Land That flows with Freedom's honey and milk ; But 't was they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk....back our bravest and our best ; — Ah, me ! not all ! some come not with the rest, Who went forth brave and bright' as any here ! I strive to mix some... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 sidor
...here in the Promised I ,and That flows with Freedom's honey and milk : But 't was they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We weleome back our bravest and our best; — Ah, me ! not all ! some come not with the rest, Who went... | |
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