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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), A poem which needs no Dedication. (search)
Libera nos, O Domine!” II. Sink before the Federal altars, Each one, low, on bended knee; Pray, with lips that sob and falter, This prayer from a coward's Psalter: “A furore Normanorum, Libera nos, O Domine!” III. But you hold that quick repentance In the Northern mind will be; This repentance comes no sooner Than the robber's did at Luna. The incident with which I have illustrated my opinion of the policy of those who would have us wait for a “reaction at the North,” may be found in Milman's Latin Christianity, vol. III., p. 133. “A furore Normanorum, Libera nos, O Domine!” IV. He repented him; the Bishop Gave him absolution free-- Poured upon him sacred chrism In the pomp of his baptism. “A furore Normanorum, Libera nos, O Domine!” V. He repented; then, he sickened-- Was he pining for the sea? In extremis he was shriven, The Viaticum was given: “A furore Normanorum, Libera nos, O Domine!” VI. Then, the old cathedral's choir Took the plaintive minor key,
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3, Chapter 41: search for health.—journey to Europe.—continued disability.—1857-1858. (search)
of nineteen years is very plain in the shrunk forms and feeble steps of some whom I had left round and erect. Some seem changed in mood and character,—particularly Milnes. He was welcomed by the Parkeses, Grotes, Seniors, and by Milnes, Reeve, Milman, and Whewell, of all of whom he had seen much during his first visit. He was warmly received by Lansdowne, Brougham, Cranworth (now lord chancellor), Wensleydale (Baron Parke), and Lushington,—all friends of his youth. The Earl of Carlisle prom. at his beautiful villa, whose wife, Lady Mary, took me to Holland House, where there was a beautiful fete champetre; dined at Lord Granville's. July 16. Visited the Turner Gallery; also the National Gallery; went to the Dean of St. Paul's (Dr. Milman); House of Lords; dined with Sir Roderick Murchison; then to the House of Commons, where I heard Gladstone, Palmerston, and Disraeli on the Persian War. July 17. In the forenoon went to the House of Lords, where there was a sitting on the Sh
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 10, Chapter 2: (search)
ttle more than a hundred years after this hasty submissiveness of an inexperienced, imbecile, and dissolute ruler, even Red-Beard, the wise and powerful Frederic the First, acquiesced in the necessity of giving up his long and fruitless struggle; and at Venice, in the maturity of his years, surrendered to the pope. This victory over the mightiest of the Roman emperors of the German nation could not have been won by the Roman pontiffs, unless right had in some degree been on their side. Milman, History of Latin Christianity, III. 202. In contending against the absolute power of the emperor over conscience, they were contending for that which God loves most,— for the sacred rights of our race. But the despotism which they justly snatched from the sceptre was sequestered and appropriated to their own benefit. When dominion over conscience was wrested from Caesar, the work was but half done: the pope should have laid it down at the feet of his fellow-men, and consummated the emanci
The Daily Dispatch: March 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
manorum, Libera nos, O Domine!" XII. Ah! the children and the maidens, 'Tis in vain they strive to flee! Where the white-haired priests lie bleeding, Is no place for tearful pleading. "A furore Normanorum, Libera nos, O Domine!" XIII. Louder swells the frightful tumult; Pallid Death holds reverie; Dies the organ's mighty clamor, By the Norseman's iron hammer: "A furore Normanorum, Libera nos, O Domine!" XIV. And, they thought that he repented! Had they nailed him to a tree, He had not deserved their pity, And — they had not lost their city: "A furore Normanorum, Libera nos, O Domine!" XV. There's a moral in this story, Which is plain as truth can be: If we trust the North's relenting, We will shriek, too late, repenting: "A furore Normanorum, Libera nos, O Domine!" The incident with which I have illustrated my opinion of the policy of those who would have us wait for a "reaction at the North," may be found in Milman's Latin Christianity, vol. III., p. 133.