Memorial Services Held in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Clyde Roark Hoey, Late a Senator from North Carolina

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1954 - 139 strani
 

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Stran 56 - And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree • In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling.
Stran 136 - Clerk will report the balance of the resolution. The Clerk read as follows : Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the House do now adjourn.
Stran 127 - Resolved, That the Secretary communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. Resolved, That as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased the Senate do now adjourn.
Stran 11 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honour; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Stran 89 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Stran 15 - tis good to think of them When we are troubled sore! Thanks be to God that such have been, Although they are no more. More homelike seems the vast unknown Since they have entered there; To follow them were not so hard, Wherever they may fare ; They cannot be where God is not, On any sea or shore ; Whate'er betides, Thy love abides, Our God, forevermore.
Stran 68 - ... wrapped the drapery of his couch about him and lay down to pleasant dreams.
Stran 118 - SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho...
Stran 134 - Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from North Carolina? There was no objection. MR.
Stran 2 - IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, TOGETHER WITH REMARKS PRESENTED IN EULOGY OF...

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