 WHEN a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's aching breast Runs a thrill of joy prophetic, trembling on from east to west, And the slave, where'er he cowers, feels the soul within him climb To the awful verge of manhood, as the energy sublime...  The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 64by James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1866 - 662 pages
...man then took such a stride onward that the whole earth shook beneath its majestic tread ; for "When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's...manhood, as the energy sublime Of a century bursts full-blossom'd on the thorny stem of Time. Through the walls of hut and palace shoots the instantaneous... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...prayer to thy God ! 258 VOICES OF THE TRUE-HEARTED. A LYRIC FOR THE TIMES. B7 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's...full-blossomed on the thorny stem of Time. Through the walls of hut and palace shoots the instantaneous throe When the travail of the Ages wrings earth's systems to... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...more I knew the hovel bare and poor, The gathered chips into a woodpile grew, THE PRESENT CRISIS. WHEN a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's...the awful verge of manhood, as the energy sublime Through the walls of hut and palace shoots the instantaneous throe, When the travail of the Ages wrings... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 272 pages
...Shoulder to shoulder let us stand, Till side by side we lie. THE PRESENT CRISIS. BY JAMCS R. LOWELL. When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's...full-blossomed on the thorny stem of Time. Through the walls of hut and palace shoots the instantaneous throe, When the travail of the Ages wrings earth's systems... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 270 pages
...Shoulder to shoulder let us stand, Till side by side we lie. THE PRESENT CRISIS. BY JAMES R. LOWELL. When a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's...a century bursts full-blossomed on the thorny stem ol Time. Through the walls of hut and palace shoots the instantaneous throe, When the travail of the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 284 pages
...wept : my Christ no more I seek, His throne is with the outcast and the weak. THE PRESENT CRISIS. WHEN a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's...full-blossomed on the thorny stem of Time. Through the walls of hut and palace shoots the instantaneous throe, When the travail of the Ages wrings earth's systems... | |
 | Elizabeth D. Livermore - 1855 - 352 pages
...Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. E. MORGAN £ SOXS, 8 T EKEOTYPKR8. ' And the slave, where'er he cowers, feels the soul...verge of manhood, as the energy sublime Of a century hursts full-blosaomed, on the thorny stem of time." — LOWELL. SLAVERY, with its manifold evi'.s and... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...more I knew the hovel bare and poor, The gathered chips into a woodpile grew, THE PRESENT CRISIS. WHEN a deed is done for Freedom, through the broad earth's...full-blossomed on the thorny stem of Time. Through the walls of hut and palace shoots the instantaneous throe, When the travail of the Ages wrings earth's systems... | |
 | E.F. Beadle (and co.) - 1861 - 498 pages
...was dropping asleep on Jim's shoulder, dreaming of her wedding-dress. CHAPTER III. JOHNSON'S STORY. And the slave, where'er he cowers, feels the soul...bursts, full-blossomed, on the thorny stem of time. LOWELL. Her freezing heart, like one who sinks Outwearied in the drifting snow, Drowses to deadly sleep,... | |
 | Metta Victoria Fuller Victor - 1861 - 246 pages
...was dropping asleep on Jim's shoulder, dreaming of her wedding-dress. CHAPTER III. JOHNSON'S BTOEY. And the slave, where'er he cowers, feels the soul...bursts, full-blossomed, on the thorny stem of time. LOWELL. Her freezing heart, like one who sinks Outwearied in the drifting snow, Drowses to deadly sleep,... | |
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