 Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!  Addresses on War - Page 83by Charles Sumner - 1871 - 319 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 612 pages
...the power that fills the world with terror, — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and sports, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter, and then... | |
 | 1872 - 1120 pages
...magnanimously forgiven. THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES. DECEMBER, 1872. THE GENEVA ARBITRATION. Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...redeem the human mind from error, There were no need for arsenals and forts.* THE passions of mankind are, perhaps, as fierce as ever they were, but they... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? * Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, 20 There were no need of arsenals and forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, 20 There were no need of arsenals and forts. Were half the power that fills the world with terror,... | |
 | 1844 - 784 pages
...half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and court?, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And ever)' nation that should lift again Its... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1845 - 108 pages
...attractive of any in the poem, but which commend themselves by their intrinsic truth and moral force ; Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation that should lift again Its... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drowneet Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power, that fills the world with terror....human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, 9 Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1846 - 112 pages
...moral force :— Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestow'd on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred! And every nation that should lift again Its... | |
 | John Frost - 1847 - 414 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts. The following incidents concerning the battle of Sierra Gordoare taken from the New Orleans... | |
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