 | Ida Prentice Whitcomb - American literature - 1922 - 486 pages
...vast assembled multitude paying tribute — and here Mr. Markham read from his amended "Lincoln" : "A man to hold against the world, A man to match the mountains and the sea." The concluding stanza is as follows : "And when he fell in whirlwind, he went down As when a lordly cedar... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...face; And laid on him a sense of the Mystic Powers, Moving — all husht — behind the mortal veil. Here was a man to hold against the world, A man to match the mountains and the s«a. i; The color of the ground was in him, the red earA The smack and tang of elemental things: The... | |
 | Oregon. Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction - Memorial Day - 1916 - 36 pages
...original ode, entitled "Abraham Lincoln, the Great Commoner," from which the following is an extract.) The color of the ground was in him, the red earth, The tang and odor of the primal things ; The rectitude and patience of the rocks ; The gladness of the... | |
 | Frances Parkinson Keyes - Politicians' spouses - 1924 - 376 pages
...emancipator; he was followed by Edwin Markham, who read his poem, "Lincoln, the Man of the People." The color of the ground was in him, the red earth, The smack and tang of elemental things . . . The strength of virgin forests braced his mind, The hush of spacious prairies stilled his soul. His words... | |
 | William Rose Benét - American poetry - 1925 - 576 pages
...face ; And laid on him a sense of the Mystic Powers, Moving — all husht — behind the mortal veil. Here was a man to hold against the world, A man to...elemental things ; The rectitude and patience of the cliffs; The good-will of the rain that loves all leaves ; The friendly welcome of the wayside well;... | |
 | Ralph Philip Boas, Edwin Smith - English literature - 1925 - 490 pages
...used images freely. Edwin Markham chooses these images to describe the character of Abraham Lincoln: "The color of the ground was in him, the red earth;...loves all leaves; The friendly welcome of the wayside well^^x1'' The courage of the bird that dares the sea; The gladness of the wind that shakes the corn;... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...face; And laid on him a sense of the Mystic Powers, Moving — all husht — behind the mortal vail, Here was a man to hold against the world, A man to matrh the mountains and the sea. The color r . the ground was in him, the red earth; The smack and... | |
 | Education - 1906 - 564 pages
...understand it. — Abraham Lincoln a/ Confer Institute in New York City, February 27, /S6o. Lincoln The color of the ground was in him the red Earth, The tang and odor of the primal things, The rectitude and patience of the rocks ; The gladness of the wind... | |
 | Luella Bussey Cook - English language - 1927 - 528 pages
...Dasht through it all a strain of prophecy; Tempered the heap with thrill of human tears; Then mixt a laughter with the serious stuff. Into the shape...things: The rectitude and patience of the cliff; The good will of the rain that loves all leaves; The friendly welcome of the wayside well ; The courage... | |
 | Marguerite Wilkinson - American poetry - 1923 - 428 pages
...and beauty of the strong, old, natural symbols used to describe the character of the hero-president. The color of the ground was in him, the red earth;...things; The rectitude and patience of the cliff ; THE MAN WITH THE HOE " God created man in his own image, in the image of God created He him." Bowed by... | |
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