Werner's Readings and Recitations, العدد 10E.S. Werner, 1892 |
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ALBION W America arms army banner battle BATTLE OF TIPPECANOE bayonets blood blue brave breath British burning cheer Christopher Columbus cloud Columbus cried daring dark dead death Declaration Declaration of Independence dream earth England eyes face fame fathers fear fierce fight fire flag flag of England flag of Washington flame flashed freedom gallant Genoese George gleam glory gold green Green Mountain boys guns Hampshire's granite hand hath head heard heart heaven heroes honor Hurrah Indian land liberty light live look Louis Joliet mighty morning mountain nation never night o'er passed path patriot peace Phineas Fletcher Queen race river roar roll sail ships shore shout soldiers soul spirit stand stars stood storm Stripes sword tears thee thou thunder to-day Twas Valley Forge victory voice Washington wave wild
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الصفحة 163 - For Humanity sweeps onward: where today the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.
الصفحة 4 - BEHIND him lay the gray Azores, Behind the Gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good mate said: "Now must we pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?
الصفحة 102 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.
الصفحة 254 - One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abideth forever.
الصفحة 161 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side...
الصفحة 52 - THE pilgrim fathers — where are they? The waves that brought them o'er Still roll in the bay, and throw their spray, As they break along the shore ; Still roll in the bay, as they rolled that day When the Mayflower moored below, -When the sea around was black with storms, And white the shore with snow.
الصفحة 138 - You will think me transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood, and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet, through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory.
الصفحة 65 - And all this has passed away. Across the ocean came a pilgrim bark, bearing the seeds of life and death. The former were sown for you ; the latter sprang up in the path of the simple native. Two hundred years have changed the character of a great continent, and blotted forever, from its face, a whole peculiar people. Art has usurped the bowers of nature, and the anointed children of education have been too powerful for the tribes of the ignorant.
الصفحة 162 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just...
الصفحة 148 - Brother! You say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it?