John Pierpont. 1785-1866. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

John Pierpont. (1785–1866)

    A weapon that comes down as still
  As snowflakes fall upon the sod;
But executes a freeman’s will,
  As lightning does the will of God;
And from its force nor doors nor locks
Can shield you,—’t is the ballot-box.

A Word from a Petitioner.

    From every place below the skies
  The grateful song, the fervent prayer,—
The incense of the heart, 1 —may rise
  To heaven, and find acceptance there.

Every Place a Temple.

Note 1.
See Cotton, Quotation 2. [back]

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