 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 ページ
...on his return to New- York, he wrote the above exquisite lines. 59. THE UNION.—!). Webster. yond that, I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant...on my vision, never may be opened what lies behind ! 2. When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in the heavens, may I not see... | |
 | Erasmus Darwin North - 1846 - 454 ページ
...exiting \ &* ifying prospects / spread out - before us, / for MS« \ and our ct dren. Bey°nd that, God grant ! that, in my day, at least, •. \ that...my vision, never - may be opened what lies behind! [sun in heaven, When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the may I see him, shining... | |
 | 1847 - 312 ページ
...the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and for our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in the heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ;... | |
 | Sarah Mytton (Hughes) Maury ("Mrs. William Maury, "), Sarah Mytton Maury - 1847 - 282 ページ
...prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the evil. God grant that in my day, at least, that curtain may...be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union;... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 ページ
...at least, that curtain may not rise, — that on my vision never may be opened what lies behind. 6. When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union,... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 320 ページ
...the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and for our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in the heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ;... | |
 | William Russell - 1849 - 310 ページ
...the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and for our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in the heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ;... | |
 | Charles Wainwright March - 1850 - 320 ページ
...ante-rooms and stairways, as he pronounced in deepest tones of pathos these words of Bolemn significance: " When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union;... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 582 ページ
...destroyed. While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate...shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ;... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1851 - 328 ページ
...destroyed. While the Union lasts, we have high, exciting, gratifying prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that, I seek not to penetrate...be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ;... | |
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When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union ; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds,... 
