 | Daniel Webster - 1825 - 52 pages
...another morn, Risen on mid-noon ; ' — and the sky, on which you closed your eyes, was cloudless. But — ah ! — Him ! the first great Martyr in this...; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail ! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1825 - 44 pages
...self-devoting heart ! Him ! the head of our civil councils, and the destined leader of our mili^. tary bands ; whom nothing brought hither, but the unquenchable...; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail ! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
 | 1827 - 564 pages
...spirit; Him! cut off by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom ; talling, ere he saw the star of his country rise ; pouring...; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail ! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
 | 1827 - 540 pages
...or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name!—Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure! This...away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...anxiety and thick gloom ; falling, ere he saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his genereus blood, like water, before he knew whether it would...; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a letel with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail !" It will be observed in reading this passage,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...cloudless. But — ah! — Him! the first great Martyr in this great cause! Him! the premature victim of hia own self-devoting heart! Him! the head of our civil...away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 pages
...rise; pouring out his generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land1 of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with...away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory .•hall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1835 - 1166 pages
...another morn, Risen on mid-noon ; ' — and the sky, on which you closed your eyes, was cloudless. But — ah! — Him! the first great Martyr in this...; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1835 - 524 pages
...military bands; whom nothing brought hither, but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit; Him! cut oft' by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming anxiety...away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
 | 1836 - 552 pages
...mid-noon ; " — and the sky, on which you closed your eyes, was cloudless. 440 MR. WEBSTER'S ADDRESS But — ah ! — him ! the first great martyr in this...; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down to a level with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail ! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found,... | |
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Him! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming anxiety and thick gloom; falling ere he saw the star of his country rise; pouring out his generous blood like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage!— how... 
