 | 1921 - 590 Seiten
...audience in singing these lines from Whittier : "We have a weapon firmer set And better than the bayonet; A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God." _JThe abolitionists of the Garrisonian... | |
 | 1921 - 1314 Seiten
...audience in singing these lines from Whittier : "We have a weapon firmer set And better than the bayonet ; A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God." The abolitionists of the Garrisonian... | |
 | 1922 - 684 Seiten
...houses," to be occupied by poor widows with children heretofore registered on their outdoor relief lists. A weapon that comes down as still as snowflakes fall upon the sod, but executes a freeman's will, as lightning does the will of God; and from its force, nor doors nor... | |
 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton - 1922 - 394 Seiten
...her praise is worth having. Here is the stanza which she selected from your admirable collection : A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod; But executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God; And from its force nor door nor locks... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 Seiten
...Civil War. See WENDELL PHILLIPS — Under the Flag. Boston, April 21 , 1861 . (See also INGERSOLL) ins. AARON HILL — Verses Written on a Window. 20 But executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God; And from its force, nor doors nor... | |
 | Charles Burleigh Galbreath - 1925 - 844 Seiten
...audience in singing the familiar lines : "We have a weapon firmer set And better than the bayonet ; A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God." The abolitionists of the Garrisonian... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 424 Seiten
...crowning fact The kingliest act Of Freedom is the freeman's vote ! POEMS OF PATRIOTISM AND FREEDOM. A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod ; But executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force, nor doors... | |
 | 1926 - 252 Seiten
...honest count are among the vital essentials of a free government. To use the words of old John Pierpont: A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod, But executes the freeman's will As lightning does the will of God; And from its force no doors nor... | |
 | Connecticut State Medical Society - 1908 - 384 Seiten
...repeal existing laws necessary for the preservation of the health of our citizens, feel your power. "A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall upon the sod; But executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God; And from its force, nor doors nor... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 2003 - 268 Seiten
...standing army. The poet has truly said,— "There is a weapon surer yet, And better, than the bayonet; A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall...freeman's will As lightning does the will of God; A weapon that no bolts nor locks Can bar. It is the ballot-box." Even "The New-York Herald," some time... | |
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A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you; — 'tis the ballot-box. 
