 Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure! This monument may moulder away ; the solid ground it rests upon may sink. down to a level with the sea ; but thy memory shall not fail...  The North American Review - Page 2491835Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Webster - Bunker Hill Monument (Boston, Mass.) - 1825 - 44 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away ; the solid... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 544 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name! — Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure! This monument may moulder away ; the solid ground... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1827 - 540 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name!—Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure! This monument may moulder away; the solid... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1829 - 270 pages
...genereus blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away ; the solid ground... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1830 - 518 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land1 of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name! — Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure! This monument may moulder away; the solid ground... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name! Our poor work may perish; but thine shall endure! This monument may moulder away; the solid ground... | |
 | Speeches, Addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 552 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away ; the solid... | |
 | Speeches, Addresses, etc., American - 1836 - 550 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away ; the solid... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1837 - 396 pages
...generous blood, like water, before he knew whether it would fertilize a land of freedom or of bondage ! how shall I struggle with the emotions, that stifle the utterance of thy name ! — Our poor work may perish ; but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away ; the solid... | |
 | Daniel Webster, James Rees - Orators - 1839 - 108 pages
...generous blood like water before he knew whether it would ferti. ]ize a land of freedom or of bondage ! How shall I struggle with the emotions that stifle the utterance of thy name ! Our poor work may perish, but thine shall endure ! This monument may moulder away ; the solid ground... | |
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