 | James Redpath - 1860 - 530 strani
...grisly fighter's hair The Martyr's aureole bent ! JPgriahjvith him the fojljr X That seeks througlTevil, good ; Long live the generous purpose \ Unstained...terror, But the thought which underlies ; Not the outlaw's pride of daring, But the Christian's sacrifice. O ! never may yon blue-ridged hills The Northern... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1863 - 432 strani
...drama, and doggerel. We recall incidentally a stanza, thereabout, from one of Whittier's ballads : Perish with him the folly That seeks through evil, good ; Long live the generous purpose, Unstain'd by human blood ! Not the raid of midnight terror, But the thought which underlies ; Not the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 122 strani
...guilty means redeemed the good intent, And round the grisly fighter's hair the martyr's aureole bent ! Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil...with human blood ! Not the raid of midnight terror, hut the thought which underlies ; Not the borderer's pride of daring, but the Christian's sacrifice.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1867 - 432 strani
...fighter's hair the martyr's aureole bent 1 Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil food ! ve the generous purpose unstained with human blood !...of midnight terror, but the thought which underlies ; . Never more may yon Blue Ridges the Northern rifle hear, Nor see the light of blazing homes flash... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 430 strani
...grisly fighter's hair the martyr's aureole bent ! Perish with him the folly that seeks through 673 good ! Long live the generous purpose unstained with...of midnight terror, but the thought which underlies ; Never more may yon Blue Ridges the Northern rifle hear, Nor see the light of blazing homes flash... | |
 | 1869 - 310 strani
...guilty means redeemed the good intent, And round the grisly fighter's hair the martyr's aureole bent ! Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil...borderer's pride of daring, but the Christian's sacrifice. Never more may yon Blue Ridges the Northern rifle hear, Nor see the light of blazing homes flash on... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 420 strani
...bloody hand forgave the loving heart. That kiss from all its guilty means redeemed the good intent, Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil...borderer's pride of daring, but the Christian's sacrifice. Nevermore may yon Blue Ridges the Northern rifle hear, Nor see the light of blazing homes flash on... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1873 - 424 strani
...guilty means redeemed the good intent, And round the grisly fighter's hair the martyr's aureole bent ! Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil...borderer's pride of daring, but the Christian's sacrifice. Nevermore may yon Blue Ridges the Northern rifle hear, Nor see the light of blazing homes flash on... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - 500 strani
...guilty means redeemed the good intent, And round the grisly fighter's hair the martyr's aureole bent! Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil...with human blood ! Not the raid of midnight terror, hut the thought which underlies; Not the horderer's pride of daring, hut the Christian's sacrifice.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 316 strani
...guilty means redeemed the good intent. And round the grisly fighter's hair the martyr's aureole bent ! Perish with him the folly that seeks through evil...borderer's pride of daring, but the Christian's sacrifice. Nevermore may yon Blue Ridges the Northern rifle hear, Nor see the light of blazing homes flash on... | |
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The shadows of his stormy life that moment fell apart, And they who blamed the bloody hand forgave the loving heart; That kiss from all its guilty means redeemed the good intent, And round the grisly fighter's hair the martyr's aureole bent! 
