...and The Present Crisis, are both noble poems. From the last of these I cannot help quoting : — " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...or evil side; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,...

...fibres, feels the gush of joy or shame ; In the gain or loss of one race, all the rest have equal claim. Once, to every man and nation, comes the moment to...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side ; Same great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the...

...Sorrowfully we may apply to them the words of Lowell, whom we have quoted so often in this article: " Once to every man and nation Comes the moment to decide,...or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, Offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, And the sheep upon the right...

...Judasa, Rome, and Carthage, to a darker and more dreadful doom. " Once to every man and nation conies the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with...or evil side. Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,...

...verge of manhood, as the energy sublime Of a century, bursts full-blossomed on the thorny stem of Time. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, We see dimly in the Present what is small and what is great, Slow...

...fibres feels the gush of joy or shame ; In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right,...

...209 CHAPTER I. HOW THE TIDE TDENED. M Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, Jn the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side : ****** Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Douhting in his abject spirit,...

...found to be impossible ; there is " no place of repentance, though sought carefully with tears." " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...or evil side. Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right...

...there, Repeat thy father's creed, thy mother's prayer ! Oliver Wendell Holme». 583. CRISIS, A Nation's. sweetest fe@ . offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,...

...feels the gush of joy or shame ; — In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim. Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...or evil side ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right,...