 | Augustus Woodbury - 1895 - 40 pages
...of this century of our national life. " For him " indeed nature " threw aside her old-world moulds," "And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! " Ah ! comrades, how... | |
 | Emma Elizabeth Brown - 1895 - 372 pages
...man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote ; For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. Here was a type of the true elder race And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face." With... | |
 | Jennie Ellis Keysor - 1895 - 202 pages
...man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote ; For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. One whose meek flock the people joyed to be. Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained... | |
 | 1899 - 408 pages
...opportunity to all by reaching the highest possible station. In him "her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast of the unexhausted West With stuff untainted shaped a hero new. Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame. New birth of our new soil, the first American." Underlying... | |
 | 1899 - 642 pages
...man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I They knew that outward... | |
 | 1896 - 532 pages
...man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote: For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity I They knew that outward... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - 1896 - 344 pages
...Repeating us by rote: For him her Old-World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the heart Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped...Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient,... | |
 | Elbridge Streeter Brooks - 1896 - 278 pages
...Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating as by rote ; For him, the Old- World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero ne\v, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true." " How was he different from anybody else ?... | |
 | John Piersol McCaskey - 1897 - 592 pages
...rote : For him her Old-World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of ths unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero...the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity ! They knew that outward... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1897 - 580 pages
...World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, W ¡tli stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast...loved to lead ; One whose meek flock the people joyed tobe, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human They knew that outward grace... | |
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Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new,... 
