 His desperate hands, and in its overthrow Destroyed himself, and with him those who made A cruel mockery of his sightless woe ; The poor, blind Slave, the scoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perished in the fall! There is a poor, blind Samson...  Poems on Slavery - Page 31de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 31 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...slave, the scoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perish'd in the fall ! There is a poor, bliud Samson in this land, Shorn of his strength, and bound...grim revel, raise his hand, And shake the pillars o" this commonweal, Till the vast temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...and with him those who made A cruel mockery of his sightless woe ; The poor, bliiid Slave, the seoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perished in...the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreek and rubbish lies. SONGS SEA-WEED. WHKN deseends on the Atlantic The gigantic Storm-wind of the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...his sightless woe ; The poor blind slave, the scoff and jest of all, Expired, and thousands perish'd in the fall ! There is a poor, blind Samson in this...pillars of this commonweal, Till the vast temple of our libertics A shapeless mass of wreek and rubbish lics. ENCELSIOR. The shades of night were falling fast,... | |
 | Alexander McKenzie - 1863 - 250 pages
...Longfellow, in lines referring to slavery, has so admirably described. " There is a poor blind Samson in the land, Shorn of his strength, and bound in bonds of...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." Selfishness... | |
 | 1865 - 568 pages
...of ruin : — " There is a poor blind Sampson in the land, Shorn of his strength and bound in bars of steel, Who may, in some grim revel, raise his hand And shake the pillars of the common weal — Till the great temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and ruin lies."... | |
 | 1865 - 730 pages
...of ruin : — " There is a poor blind Sampson in the land, Shorn of his strength and bound in bars of steel, Who may, in some grim revel, raise his hand And shake the pillars of the common weal — Till the great temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and ruin lies."... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 710 pages
...her by the hand, To be his slave and paramour In a strange and distant land ! THE WARNING. BEWAEE ! The Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path,...Commonweal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties THE BELFRY OF BRUGES, ETC. ETC. CARILLON. IN the ancient town of Bruges, In the quaint old Flemish... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 482 pages
...distant land ! THE WARNING. BF.WARE ! The Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path,—when, poor and blind, He saw the blessed light of heaven...his hand, And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, j Till the vast Temple of our liberties ; A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. THE SPANISH STUDENT.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 252 pages
...here is a poor, hlind Samson in this land, Shorn of his strength, and honnd in honds of steel, Vlio may, in some grim revel raise his hand, And shake the pillars of this Commonweal ill the vast Temple of onr liherties shapeless masa of wreek and rnhtiish lies. THE BELFRY OF BRUGES.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...• Shorn of his strength, and bound in bonds of steel. Who may, in some grim revel, raise his baud. And shake the pillars of this Commonweal, Till the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless m?.ss of wreck raid rubbish lies. f jtf ^pnisj! DEAMATIS PERSONS. THE ABCHBISHOP OF TOLEDO. A CARDINAL.... | |
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