Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the... The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Seite 67von James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 492 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1846 - 308 Seiten
...right or wrong; Whether conscious or unconscious, yet Humanity's vast frame Through its ocean sundered fibres feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the...God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Farts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by forever 'twbrt... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 272 Seiten
...apart, And glad Truth's yet mightier man-child leaps beneath the Future's heart. So the Evil's triumph sendeth, with a terror and a chill, Under continent...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side ; S«me great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 274 Seiten
...tear-drops ebbing earthward, to be drunk up by the sod, Till a corpse crawls round unburied, delving in the For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears...upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, Hast thou chosen, O my people, on whose party thou shall stand, Ere the Doom from its worn sandals... | |
| Edmund Hamilton Sears - 1870 - 366 Seiten
...a loftier fruition, sometimes, as Judaea, Rome, and Carthage, to a darker and more dreadful doom. " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon tho right, And the choice goes by for ever 'twixt that darkness and that light." We have only to suppose... | |
| Thomas Hughes - 1857 - 446 Seiten
...to higher things." TENNYSON. CHAPTER I. HOW THE TIDE TURNED. " Once to every man and nation, cornea the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side : * ***** Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit,... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 Seiten
...or loss of one race all the rest have vast frame Through its ocean-sundered fibres feels the gush of equal claim. Once to every man and nation comes the...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, Some great cause, God's new Messiah,... | |
| Oswald Jackson - 1858 - 300 Seiten
...and sat at the feet of that preacher's heavenly master. CHAPTER III. §he |lm $ook ami its. Blessing. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side. Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till... | |
| Thomas Hughes - 1858 - 424 Seiten
...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." TEHHTSOK. CHAPTER I. HOW THE TIDE TURNED. " Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side: ****** Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside. Doubting in his abject spirit,... | |
| Thomas Hughes - 1858 - 414 Seiten
...stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." TENNYSON. CHAPTER I. HOW THE TIDE TUBNED. " Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side : ****** Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit,... | |
| Woodbury Melcher Fernald - 1859 - 466 Seiten
...the second great period of a man's life. It is when he makes his decision for heaven or for hell. " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or ovil side : Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats... | |
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