Voluntaries

Again we are reminded of Dante in the opening passages of "Voluntaries":

Cambridge Sketches Frank Preston Stearns 1881

A question arose of the title, when Mr. Fields suggested "Voluntaries," which was cordially accepted and finally adopted.

Authors and Friends Annie Fields 1874

The United Presbyterians were, almost to a man, "Voluntaries," _i. e._ they held that the Church ought in all cases to support itself without assistance from the State, and free from the interference which, in their view, was the inevitable and justifiable accompaniment of all State establishments.

Principal Cairns John Cairns 1855

"Voluntaries," published in the same year in the "Atlantic Monthly," is more dithyrambic in its measure and of a more Pindaric elevation than the plain song of the "Boston Hymn."

Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

I sat with her at dinner a couple of nights ago, and knew the meaning of the lines of Ralph Waldo Emerson's poem: "Voluntaries III" -- 'So nigh is grandeur to our dust, so near is God to man, when duty whispers low thou must, the youth replies,' I can. '

Rabbi Steve Gutow: The Earth And The People- The Work Left For Us 2010

Among the finest free-verse in English are the Evening Voluntaries of

The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum

This would move the sorrow of the Seceders themselves: for they have protested against the theory of all Voluntaries with a vehemence which that party even complain of as excessive.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

Checked and overawed by the example of an establishment, the Voluntaries themselves are far more fervent in their

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

Such are the ` ` Hospital Verses, '' while the ` ` London Voluntaries '' stand midway between the two styles.

Through the Magic Door Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1907

In the United Presbyterian Synod there was a small minority of sturdy Voluntaries who, while not opposed to Union, were apprehensive that the price to be paid for it would be the partial surrender of their testimony in behalf of their distinctive principle.

Principal Cairns Cairns, John 1903