 So when they did design The Capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run; And yet in that the State Foresaw its happy fate!  Writings - Page 98by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889Full view - About this book
 | William James Linton - English poetry - 1883 - 396 pages
...forced power : So, when they did design The Capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run : And yet in that...ashamed To see themselves in one year tamed : So much can one man do That does both act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 448 pages
...forced power; So when they did design The Capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run ; And yet in that...do, That does best act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, confest How good he is, how ]ust, And fit for highest trust.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 448 pages
...forced power; So when they did design The Capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run ; And yet in that...do, That does best act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, contest How good he is, how just, And fit for highest trust.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889 - 446 pages
...The Capitol's first line, • A bleeding head, where they began, Did fright the architects to rnn ; And yet in that the state Foresaw its happy fate....do, That does best act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, confest How good he is, how just, And fit for highest trust.... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - American poetry - 1891 - 394 pages
...forced power: So, when they did design The Capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run; And yet in that...themselves in one year tamed: So much one man can do That doth both act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, confessed How... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - American poetry - 1891 - 404 pages
...forced power: So, when they did design The Capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run; And yet in that...themselves in one year tamed: So much one man can do That doth both act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, confessed How... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 480 pages
...forced power; So when they did design The Capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run ; And yet in that...do, That does best act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, confest I Imi good he is, how just, And fit for highest trust.... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1895 - 530 pages
...forced power; So, when they did design The capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run; And yet in that...one year tamed. So much one man can do, That does both act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, confessed How good... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...design The capitol's first line, A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run; l And yet in that the state Foresaw its happy fate....one year tamed; So much one man can do, That does both act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, confest How good he... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1896 - 520 pages
...forced power ; So, when they did design The capitol's first line, • A bleeding head, where they begun, Did fright the architects to run ; And yet in that...one year tamed. So much one man can do, That does both act and know. They can affirm his praises best, And have, though overcome, confessed How good... | |
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