 | 1888 - 662 pages
...Whittier recognizes and expresses in his simple and loifj linea written for the memorial window :— The New World honours him whose lofty plea For England's...be Their common freehold while both worlds endure." This church is now almost as interesting аз ил parent church of the Abbey, and, like it, displays... | |
 | 1903 - 666 pages
...freehold while both worlds endure. Regarding these lines Mr. Whittier wrote to Mr. Childs as follows :— For England's freedom made her own more sure, Whose song, immortal as its theme, shall be MY DEAR FRIKND,—I am glad to comply with thy request and that of our friend Archdeacon Farrar. I... | |
 | 1888 - 558 pages
...and lofty lines written for the memorial window :— • The New World honours him whose lofty plem For England's freedom made her own more sure, Whose...be Their common freehold while both worlds endure." A memorial window has also been placed in the south aisle, by public subscription, to commemorate the... | |
 | Essex Institute - 1908 - 496 pages
...Childs. Mr. Whit tier wrote these lines, now inscribed on Milton's window : " The New World honors him whose lofty plea For England's freedom made her...Their common freehold, while both worlds endure." Mr. Whittier brought the inscription to the family room and read it aloud and that evening it was the... | |
 | 1888 - 1022 pages
...of Whittier, written upon the occasion of the second centennial celebration : The New World honors him whose lofty plea For England's freedom made her...be Their common freehold while both worlds endure. Mr. Childs has already enriched Stratford-onAvon with a memorial of Shakespeare, and Westminister Abbey... | |
 | 1888 - 892 pages
...by another amiable American, Mr. Childs, with an inscription by Whittier: — The New World honors him whose lofty plea, For England's freedom, made...be Their common freehold while both worlds endure. The last line seeming rather prosaic, the author good-naturedly offered to substitute " heirloom "... | |
 | Lucius Clarke Davis - 1890 - 292 pages
...Whittier, who has written the lines for yonder window, most justly says: — ' The New World honors him whose lofty plea For England's freedom made her...be Their common freehold while both worlds endure.' "II propose this morning to speak to you about Milton ; not, of course, in the political aspect of... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 410 pages
...W. Childs, of Philadelphia. 1888. Below the adjoining panel to the right are Whittier's lines : — The New World honours him whose lofty plea For England's...be Their common freehold while both worlds endure. JG WlIITTIKB. Regarding these lines the Quaker Poet wrote to Mr. Childs :— " My dear Friend, I am... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 88 pages
...WINDOW IN ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH, ENGLAND, THE GIFT OF GEORGE W. CHILDS, OF AMERICA. THE new world honors him whose lofty plea For England's freedom made her...be Their common freehold while both worlds endure. 55 THE BIRTHDAY WREATH DECEMBER 17, 1891. BLOSSOM and greenness, making all The winter birth-day tropical,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 536 pages
...St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, the gift of George W. Childs, of America. THE new world honors him whose lofty plea For England's freedom made her...be Their common freehold while both worlds endure. THE BIRTHDAY WREATH. 17, 1861. BLOSSOM and greenness, making all The winter birthday tropical, And... | |
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THE new world honors him whose lofty plea For England's freedom made her own more sure, Whose song, immortal as its theme, shall be Their common freehold while both worlds endure. 
