 | 1856 - 604 pagina’s
...camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts. Down the dark future, through long generations, The...hear, once more, the voice of Christ say, 'Peace,' 'Peace,' and no longer from its brazen portals, The blast of war's great organ shakes the skies, But... | |
 | 1849 - 478 pagina’s
...M. LONGFELLOW. PEACE ON EARTH. 1 DOWN the dark future, through long generations, The sounds of war grow fainter and then cease ; And, like a bell with...I hear once more the voice of Christ say, " Peace !" 2 Peace ! and no longer, from its brazen portals, The blast of war's great organ shakes the skies... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 pagina’s
...nation that should lift again Its hand against its brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain. Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing grow familiar, then cease ! And like a bell with solemn sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice... | |
 | Gems - 1850 - 204 pagina’s
...every nation that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through...I hear, once more, the voice of Christ say " Peace ! " Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies !... | |
 | Thomas Westwood - 1850 - 242 pagina’s
...the Violet, sing for the Violet, Under the shadiness of the green bough I A VISION OP OLD FAMES. " Down the dark future, through long generations, The...I hear once more the voice of Christ say, ' Peace !' " I had a vision in the years gone by— A vision of a vast sepulchral hall, LONGFELLOW. Reared... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pagina’s
...touches those swift keys ! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mmgle with their awful symphonies ! Down the dark future, through long generations, The...I hear once more the voice of Christ say, " Peace ! " Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies !... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pagina’s
...name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Down the dark future, through long generations, The...I hear once more the voice of Christ say, " Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies !... | |
 | Gems - 1851 - 206 pagina’s
...With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Were half the power that...; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, Peace! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies! But,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pagina’s
...nation, that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through...; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But... | |
 | 1851 - 808 pagina’s
...on in one broad stream to the ocean — carrying health and fertility, inspiring peace and love. ' Down the dark future, through long generations, The...echoing sounds grow fainter, and then cease ; And like a silver bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear, once more, the voice of Christ say, " Peace !"... | |
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Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease ; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace... 
