 And laurelled Clio at his side Her storied pages showing. All parties feared him : each in turn Beheld its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of Cant, he smote it down With trenchant wit unsparing,...  Littell's Living Age - Pagina 1891847Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1858 - 974 pagina’s
...Webster added a new fame,) without thinking of what that last stanza so well expresses of Randolph ! Too honest or too proud to feign A love he never cherished,...hailed in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, Ho only saw the mountain bird Stoop o'er his Old Dominion ! That last verse may not be absolutely true,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pagina’s
...love he never cherish'd, Beyond Virginia's border line His patriotism perish'd. While others hail'd in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, He only saw the mountain bird Sloop o'er his Old Dominion ! Still through each change of fortune strange, Rack'd nerve, and brain... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pagina’s
...its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of to join the whirlwind and the storm ; TV drops of dew exhale«! from flowers of spring, Rw- cherish'd, Beyond Virginia's border line His patriotism perish'd. While others hail'd in distant ekiee... | |
 | 1858 - 518 pagina’s
...Webster added a new fame,) without thinking of what that last stanza so well expresses of Randolph! Too honest or too proud to feign A love he never cherished,...saw the mountain bird Stoop o'er his Old Dominion ! That last verse may not be absolutely true, but it is beautiful writing; one may say as Coleridge... | |
 | Boston Burns Club (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 100 pagina’s
...[Applause.] aptly descriptive of one trait in the character of Burns. He writes thus : " Sworn foe of cant, he smote it down, With trenchant wit unsparing,...with ruthless hand, The robe pretence was wearing." Mr. Emerson will have the kindness to read the production of Mr. Whittier. [Applause.] John G. Whittier's... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1864 - 422 pagina’s
...its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of Cant, he smote it down With trenchant wit unsparing,...hailed in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, Ho only saw the mountain bird Stoop o'er lus Old Dominion ! Still through each change of fortune strange,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 122 pagina’s
...its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of Cant, he smote it down With trenchant wit unsparing,...Still through each change of fortune strange, Racked herve, and brain all burning, His loving faith in Mother-land Knew never shade of turning ; By Britain's... | |
 | John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll - 1867 - 400 pagina’s
...:" — " Too honest and too proud to feign A love he never cherished, Beyond Virginia's border-line His patriotism perished. While others hailed in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, He only saw the mountain-bird Stoop o'er his ' old dominion.' " The papers frequently contain speculations as to whether... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 410 pagina’s
...its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of Cant, he smote it down With trenchant wit unsparing,...dusky pinion, He only saw the mountain bird Stoop o'er lus Old Dominion 1 Still through each change of fortune strange, Racked nerve, and brain all burning,... | |
 | 1868 - 706 pagina’s
...stupidity or the epidermis of a rhinoceros can survive the onslaught. "Sworn foe to cant, ho emote it down, With trenchant wit unsparing; And, mocking, rent with ruthless hand The robe pretense was wearing." An incident will illustrate his powers of repartee. When at Teneriffe, in 1863,... | |
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