 O bells ! Every stroke exulting tells Of the burial hour of crime. Loud and long, that all may hear, Ring for every listening ear Of Eternity and Time ! Let us kneel : God's own voice is in that peal, And this spot is holy ground. Lord, forgive us ! What...  Favorite Poems - Page 60by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1893 - 482 pages
...Poetical Worki, Vol. III. p. 217. t Poetical Works, Vol. III. p. 245. § Ibid., p. 264. " It is done I Clang of bell and roar of gun Send the tidings up...guns, peal on peal, Fling the joy from town to town ! " Did we dare, In our agony of prayer, Ask for more than He has done? When was ever His right hand... | |
 | Education - 1864 - 272 pages
...for the Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Slavery in the United States. BY JOHN O. \VHIITIER. It is done ! Clang of bell and roar of gun Send the tidings up and down. How the helfries rock and reel, How the great guns peal and peal, Fling the joy from town to town ! King 0... | |
 | Robert Blackley Drummond - Slavery - 1865 - 18 pages
...had rung the death-knell of Freedom (she was not dead, but slept), now hail her resurrection? " It is done ! Clang of bell and roar of gun Send the tidings...guns, peal on peal, Fling the joy from town to town. King, 0 bells ! Every stroke exulting tells Of the burial- hour of crime. Loud and long that all may... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 738 pages
...freedom blend, And full salvation send With freedom's light. 735 3 & 7'B M. WMTTHB. Emanctpatfon. L/ING, O bells ! Every stroke exulting tells Of the burial...Ring for every listening ear Of Eternity and Time ! 2 Let us kneel : God's own voice is in that peal, And this spot ia holy ground. Lord, forgive us... | |
 | Edwin Cortland Bolles - Bible - 1865 - 734 pages
...And full salvation send With freedom's light. 735 3 & 7's M. Wairrm. Emaiufpntfon. LING, O bells I Every stroke exulting tells Of the burial hour of...Ring for every listening ear Of Eternity and Time ! 2 Let us kneel : God's own voice is in that peal, And this spot is holy ground. Lord, forgive us... | |
 | Education - 1865 - 594 pages
...peal, Fung the joy from town to town ! Ring, 0 bells ! Every stroke exulting tells Of the burial-hour of crime. Loud and long, that all may hear, Ring for every listening ear Of Eternity and Time ! Let as kneel; God's own voice is in that peal, And this apot is holy ground, Lord forgive us ! What are... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1866 - 122 pages
...HEAHING THE BELLS RING FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE UXITED STATES. IT is done ! Clang of bell and roar of gun Send the tidings...listening ear Of Eternity and Time ! Let us kneel : God's own voice is in that peal, And this spot is holy ground. Lord, forgive us ! What are we, That... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - United States - 1866 - 314 pages
...tragedy, or only spectators in this fearful contest, can take up the song of Whittier: — LAUS DEO ! It is done Clang of bell and roar of gun Send the tidings...Fling the joy from town to town ' Ring, O bells! Every tongue exulting tells Of the burial hour of crime. Loud and long that all may hear, Ring for every... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Massachusetts - 1866 - 948 pages
...HJUBING THE BELLS R1NO FOB THE CONSTITUTIONAI. AMEBDJCENT ABOLUBDC SLAVERY I!f THE CE1TEO STATES. It is done \ Clang of bell, and roar of gun, Send the...peal, Fling the joy from town to town \ Ring, O bells I — Every stroke exulting tells Of the burial-hour of crime, — Load and long, that all may hear... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1866 - 836 pages
...salvation send 735 3 & 7's M. WHITCTB. 33maiufIrat[on. ING, O bells ! Every stroke exulting tells XVII Of the burial hour of crime. Loud and long that all...Ring for every listening ear Of Eternity and Time ! 2 Let us kneel: God's own voice is in that peal, And this spot is holy ground. Lord, forgive us !... | |
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