 And took both with the same unwavering mood; Till, as he came on light, from darkling days, And seemed to touch the goal from where he stood, A felon hand, between the goal and him, Reached from behind his back, a trigger prest, And those perplexed and...  Granite State Monthly - Page 361887Full view - About this book
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1865 - 524 pages
...prest, — And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those gaunt, long-labouring limbs were kid to rest ! The words of mercy were upon his lips, Forgiveness in his heart and on hisjjen. When this vile murderer brought swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth, good-will to... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1866 - 352 pages
...he stood, A felon hand, between the goal and him, Reached from behind his back, a trigger prest, — And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those...long-laboring limbs were laid to rest ! The words of merey were upon his lips, Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen, When this vile murderer brought... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1867 - 964 pages
...where he stood, A felon hand, between the goal and him, Reached from behind his back, a trigger prest, And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those...murderer brought swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on parth, good-will to men The Old World and the New, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1868 - 528 pages
...And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those gannt, long laboring limbs were laid to rest I " The words of mercy were upon his lips, Forgiveness...brought swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth, good will to men. " The old world and the new, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame... | |
 | Samuel Aspinwall Goddard - 1870 - 616 pages
...back, a trigger prest, — And thoso perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those gaunt, long-labouring limbs were laid to rest '. The words of mercy were...heart and on his pen, When this vile murderer brought a swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth, good-will to men. The Old World and the New, from sea... | |
 | Samuel Aspinwall Goddard - 1870 - 612 pages
...buck, a trigger prest, — And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those gaunt, long-labouring limbs were laid to rest ! The words of mercy were upon his lips, Forgiveness in his heart aud on his pen, When this vile murderer brought a swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth, good-will... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...he stood, A felon had, between the goal and him, Ueached from behind his back, atrigger prest, — And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those...his lips, Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen, V! ifii this vile murderer brought swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth, goodwill to men. The... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 pages
...hand, between the goal and him, Readied from behind his back, a trigger prest, — And tln»e prrplcxpd and patient eyes were dim. Those gaunt, long-laboring limbs were laid to rest ! The words of mercy worn upon his lips, Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen. When this vile murderer brought swift... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...where he stood, A felon hand, between the goal and him, Reached from behind his back, a trigger prest, And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those gaunt, long-laboring limbs were laid to rest 1 The words of mercy were upon his lips, Forgiveness in his heart and on his pen, When this vile murderer... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 pages
...where he stood, A felon hand, between the goal and him, Reached from behind his back, a trigger prest, And those perplexed and patient eyes were dim, Those...brought swift eclipse To thoughts of peace on earth, good will to men. The Old World and the New, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame.... | |
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