 Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.  Annual Report - Page 581873Full view - About this book
 | 1863 - 382 pages
...forerunners, promising the triumphs of a new victory. Or, as Bryant has beautifully expressed it: " Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers ; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain And dies among his worshippers." Then, how noble, how grand... | |
 | Henry R. Low - Enslaved persons - 1863 - 36 pages
...in the great cause of human right, and will not allow myself to doubt the issue of this conflict. " Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, The eternal years of God are hers ; But error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies amid her. worshipers." , The war may yet go... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...hissing, stinging bolt of scorn, For with thy side shall dwell at last The victory of endurance born. 0. Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers ; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers. 10. Yea, though thou... | |
 | Alexander McAuslane - 1864 - 406 pages
...and nothing but the truth ; and having done so, we feel we have on no occasion any issue to fear. " Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again, The eternal...years of God are her's ; But error wounded, "writhes in pain, And dies amid her worshippers." There have been aggressive wars which were perfectly just.... | |
 | Education - 1864 - 272 pages
...' Honesty is the best policy ' expresses a belief in the same proposition. Bryant's declaration : " Truth crushed to earth shall rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers." is prophecy, — as the true poet's words often are, — and not mere sound. Humanity has a... | |
 | Troy (N.Y.). Citizens - 1865 - 404 pages
...such government is composed, shall enjoy the right to " life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." " Truth crushed to earth shall rise again : The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers." OTHER SERVICES. At the... | |
 | Rev. H. T. Howat - Bible - 1865 - 296 pages
...people, nor dangerous by scrutiny for itself. ' Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook, it shines.' ' Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again, The eternal years of God are hers ; But error wounded writhes in pain, And dies among her worshippers.' Give the gospel only a fair... | |
 | Lydia Minturn Post - United States - 1865 - 484 pages
...is just, and as such, must receive the aid of the Most High. Justice may sleep, but it never dies. " Truth crushed to earth shall rise again, The eternal years of God are hers !" SEKGT. SA ROLLINS. To Miss SARAH SOUTHWORTH, Winthrop. Maine. LETTER CLI. THE PRISON AT ELMIKA.... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - American essays - 1865 - 468 pages
...out this lyric has hit upon a sublime principle. It is Bryant's royal thought clad in peasant garb. " Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers." In homely phrase it recognizes, seizes, and promulgates the immortality of right, the indestructibility... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - American essays - 1865 - 461 pages
...out this lyric has hit upon a sublime principle. It is Bryant's royal thought clad in peasant garb. " Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers." In homely phrase it recognizes, seizes, and promulgates the immortality of right, the indestructibility... | |
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