By Moscow self-devoted to a blaze Of dreadful sacrifice; by Russian blood Lavished in fight with desperate hardihood; The unfeeling Elements no claim shall raise To rob our Human-nature of just praise For what she did and suffered. Pledges sure Of a deliverance absolute and pure She gave, if Faith might tread the beaten ways Of Providence. But now did the Most High Exalt His still small voice;''"to quell that Host Gathered His power, a manifest ally; He, whose heaped waves confounded the proud boast Of Pharaoh, said to Famine, Snow, and Frost, '''Finish the strife by deadliest victory!''' |