 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - United States - 1867 - 472 pages
...mood, That could thy sons entice From happy homes and toils, the fruitful nest Of those half- virtues which the world calls best, Into War's tumult rude...sighed for her ; But these, our brothers, fought for her,4 At life's dear peril wrought for her, So loved her that they died for her, Tasting the raptured... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1873 - 484 pages
...thing whereof earth hath the giving. Many loved Truth, and lavished life's best oil . Amid the dusk of books to find her, Content at last, for guerdon...faith sought for her, Many with crossed hands sighed юr her ; But these, our brothers, fought for her, At life's dear peril wrought for her, So loved her... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 pages
...living, Seed-grain of high emprise, immortal food, Oaj heavenly thing whereof earth hath the giving. UI. Many loved Truth, and lavished life's best oil Amid the dust of books to fmd her, Content at last, for guerdon of their toil, With the cast mantle she hath left behind her.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...living, Seed-grain of high emprise, immortal food, One heavenly thing whereof earth hath the giving. m. Many loved Truth, and lavished life's best oil Amid...for her ; But these, our brothers, fought for her At life 's dear peril wrought for her, So loved her that they died for her, Tasting the raptured fleetuess... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Character - 1876 - 408 pages
...Everywhere," says Heine, " that a great soul gives utterance to its thoughts, there also is a Golgotha." • *Many loved Truth and lavished life's best oil, *^ '/ Amid the dust of books to find lier, ^i >— < • Content at last, for guerdon of their toil, ^- ; With the cast mantle she had left... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...living, Seed-grain of high emprise, immortal food, One heavenly thing whereof earth hath the giving. Many loved Truth, and lavished life's be.st oil Amid...for her ; But these, our brothers, fought for her At life 's dear peril wrought for her, So loved her that they died for her, Tasting the raptured fleetness... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1879 - 592 pages
...rather far that stern devir* The sponsors chose that round thy cradle ! stood In the dim, nnventured wood, The VERITAS that lurks beneath The letter's...the cast mantle she hath left behind her. Many in sed faith sought for her, Many with crossed hands sighed for her ; But these, our brothers, fought... | |
 | United States - 1894 - 580 pages
...such young men as these that Lowell wrote those neverto-be-forgotten lines in the "Commemoration Ode." Many loved Truth, and lavished life's best oil Amid...Many in sad faith sought for her, Many with crossed hand sighed for her ; But these our brothers fought for her, At life's dear peril wrought fur her ;... | |
 | Jabez Thomas Sunderland, Brooke Herford, Frederick B. Mott - Liberalism (Religion) - 1889 - 608 pages
...the sacrifice they have called for, in some of the noblest lines our age or any age has produced : " Many loved truth, and lavished life's best oil Amid...for her; Many with crossed hands sighed for her; But those, our brothers, fought for her, At life's dear peril wrought for her, So loved her that they died... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English poetry - 1890 - 562 pages
...stern device The sponsors chose that round thy cradle stood In the dim, unventured wood, The VEKITAS that lurks beneath The letter's unprolific sheath,...for her ; But these, our brothers, fought for her At life 's dear peril wrought for her, So loved her that they died for her, Tasting the raptured fleetuess... | |
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Many loved Truth, and lavished life's best oil Amid the dust of books to find her, Content at last, for guerdon of their toil, With the cast mantle she hath left behind her. Many in sad faith sought for her, Many with crossed hands sighed for her; But... 
