...letting thy set lips, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare ! JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. HEROES OF THE SOUTH. [From an Ode on the Valor and Sufferings of Confederate...

...welded at the forge of carnage, he might adopt the noble sentiment of Lowell, and say of his country : " What were our lives without thee ? What all our lives...doubt thee ; But ask whatever else, and we will dare." The particular school of military experience in which the members of the Eighth Vermont learned the...

...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare ! " Among other " Poems of the War," written at this time, was " The Washers of the Shroud," in which...

...mankind ! Oh, Beautiful ! my Country ! ours once more, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...lives without thee ? What all our lives to save thee T We reck not what we gave thee ; We will not dare to doubt thse, But ask whatever else, and we will...

...and here with you again we pledge our love and say: — 11 O Beautiful I My country 1 Ours once more. What were our lives without thee ? What all our lives to save thee ? We reck not » hat we gave thee ; We will not dare to doubt thee. But ask whatever else, and we will dare I " [Prolonged...

...What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the nation's bright beyond compare: What were our lives without...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare." " My country 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, Of thee I sing; Land where our fathers died, Land...

...nurseries of American thrift, culture, and statesmanship ! " Oh, beautiful, my country ! ours once more 1 What were our lives without thee ; What all our lives...what we gave thee ; We will not dare to doubt thee. Bow down, dear land, for thou hast found release ; Bow down in prayer and praise. Thy God, in these...

...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare I L'ENVOI TO THE MUSE WHITHER ? Albeit I follow fast, • In all life's circuit I but find, Not where...

...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare. What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else and we will dare ! IBID. , young heroes, safe in immortal youth as those of Homer, you at least' carried your ideal...

...wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations...doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare 1 L'ENVOI TO THE MUSE WHITHER ? Albeit I follow fast, In all life's circuit I but find, Not where thou...