 | Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...leader of our military bands; whom nothing brought hither but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit; him! cut off by Providence, in the hour of overwhelming...to a level with the sea; but thy memory shall not iail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found, that beats to the transports of patriotism and... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1881 - 650 pages
...leader of our military bands, whom nothing brought hither but the unquenchable fire of his own spirit! Him! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming...level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found that beats to the transports of patriotism and liberty,... | |
 | Orators - 1881 - 710 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondagei how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle...level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found, that beats to the transports of patriotism and liberty,... | |
 | Hezekiah Butterworth, Robert Mackenzie - Explorers - 1881 - 504 pages
...great martyr in this great cause ! Him ! the premature victim of his own self-devoting heart ! . . . Our poor work may perish, but thine shall endure !...level with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail ! " I still feel the thrill stirred by the majestic power of voice and action with which, in allusion... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1882 - 558 pages
...the subject, suddenly turns to the patriot dead >\s though present, and thus addresses hi in : — 4. "How shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle...level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found that boats to the transports of patriotism and liberty,... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - United States - 1883 - 612 pages
...leader of our military bands, whom nothing brought hither but the unquenchable fires of his own spirit ! Him ! cut off by Providence in the hour of overwhelming...level with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail ! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found that beats to the transports of patriotism and liberty,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1883 - 492 pages
...utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish, but thine shall endure. This monument may molder away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down...level with the sea : but thy memory shall not fail. Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found that beats to the transports of patriotism and liberty,... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - Elocution - 1884 - 442 pages
...The orator went on: — " Our poor work may perish, but thine shall endure: this monument may molder away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down...level with the sea, but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found that beats to the transports of patriotism and liberty,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.) - 1885 - 68 pages
...generation, with emaciated frames, tottering limbs, and trembling voices constituted a touching spectacle." moulder away; the solid ground it rests upon may sink...level with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found that beats to the transports of patriotism and liberty,... | |
 | Elocution - 1885 - 332 pages
...utterances of thy name! Our poor work may perish, but thine shall endure! This monument may molder away ; the solid ground it rests upon may sink down...level with the sea; but thy memory shall not fail! Wheresoever among men a heart shall be found that beats to the transports of patriotism and liberty,... | |
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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... 
