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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord

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  1. The opening words of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”


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Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord,

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2022

No poet came up with a war song thundering the modern equivalent of Julia Ward Howe's "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord," that appeared seven months after Bull Run.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord," Smoke chanted, as he gazed upon these dusts of snow wind-driven into sky-scarves of shimmering silken light.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack

May that vision never fade, may America inspired by a great purpose ever be able to say, "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."

From Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Coolidge, Calvin

All I could think of as I saw it was: "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord."

From Soldier Silhouettes on our Front by Stidger, William L. (William Le Roy)