There is a poor, blind Samson in this land, Shorn of his strength, and bound in bonds of steel, Who may, in some grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and... The Elements of the English Language - Pàgina 151per Ernest Adams - 1858 - 183 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| Protestant association - 1857 - 1224 pàgines
...down terrible rain : it may be our death— it may be his : let us take heed that it be not ours. " There is a poor blind Samson in this land, Shorn of...grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this common weal. Till the vast temple of our liberties A ihapcless mass of wreck and ruin lies." Againit... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 60 pàgines
...woe ; The poor, blind Slave, the scoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perished in the fall ! There is a poor, blind Samson in this land, Shorn...grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pàgines
...woe ; The poor, blind Slave, the scoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perished in the fall ! There is a poor, blind Samson in this land, Shorn...grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies.... | |
| Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1843 - 426 pàgines
...— The poor, blind slave, the scoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perished in the fall ! " There is a poor, blind Samson in this land, Shorn...grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies."... | |
| 1843 - 418 pàgines
...— The poor, blind slave, the scoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perished in the fall ! " There is a poor, blind Samson in this land, Shorn...grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies."... | |
| 1843 - 574 pàgines
...voice of history, and filled with the forebodings of our oracular being ! There is a poor blind Sampson in this land, Shorn of his strength and bound in bonds...grim revel raise his hand And shake the pillars of this common weal, Till the vast temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies.... | |
| John Jay - 1843 - 64 pàgines
...sounds the alarm, when the appointed watchers are sleeping on their posts, There is a poor blind Sampson in this land Shorn of his strength, and bound in bonds of steel, Who may, hi some grim revel raise hie hand And shake the pillars of this common weal, Till the vast Temple of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pàgines
...woe ; The poor, blind Slave, the scoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perished in the fall ! There is a poor, blind Samson in this land, Shorn...grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies.... | |
| 1849 - 296 pàgines
...Longfellow forebodes of slavery in Ameriea, may no less be predieted of our own negleeted elasses : — " There is a poor blind Samson in this land. Shorn of...grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this eommonweal, Till the vast temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreek and rubbish lies-"... | |
| 1849 - 292 pàgines
...Longfellow forebodes of slavery in Ameriea, may no less be predieted of our own negleeted elasses : — " There is a poor blind Samson in this land, Shorn of his strength, and bound in bonds of steel, \Vho may, in some grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this eommonweal, Till the vast... | |
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