Washington at Valley Forge: Together with the Duché Correspondence ...J. M. Butler, 1858 - 91 ページ |
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3 ページ - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
87 ページ - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid Dancing in the chequered shade...
48 ページ - Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me : say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
48 ページ - I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seemed as if Heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning.
48 ページ - Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase them. 6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.
50 ページ - Preserve the health of their bodies and the vigor of their minds; shower down on them and the millions they here represent, such temporal blessings as thou seest expedient for them in this world, and crown them with everlasting glory in the world to come. All this we ask in the name and through the merits of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Saviour. Amen ! THE FIRST REPORTERS.
49 ページ - ... kingdoms, empires, and governments ; look down in mercy, we beseech thee, on these American states, who have fled to thee from the rod of the oppressor, and thrown themselves on thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth...
49 ページ - After this, Mr. Duche, unexpectedly to every body, struck out into an extemporary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man present. I must confess, I never heard a better prayer, or one so well pronounced.
49 ページ - ... appealed for the righteousness of their cause; to thee do they now look up for that countenance and support which thou alone canst give; take them, therefore, heavenly Father, under thy nurturing care; give them wisdom in council, and valor in the field; defeat the malicious designs of our cruel adversaries; convince them of the unrighteousness of their cause...
75 ページ - I had been for months before distressed with continual apprehensions for you and all my friends without the British lines. I looked upon all as gone ; or that nothing could save you but rescinding the Declaration of Independency. Upon this ground, alone, I presumed to speak ; not to advise an act of base treachery — my soul would have recoiled from the thought ; not to surrender your army, or betray the righteous cause of your country, but at the head of that army, supporting and supported by them,...