“He is coming like the glory of the morning on the wave,
He is wisdom to the mighty, he is succour to the brave,
So the world shall be his footstool, and the soul of Time his slave,
Our God is marching on.”
First manuscript version (19 November 1861).
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Julia Ward Howe 40
American abolitionist, social activist, and poet 1819–1910Related quotes

Men Without Women (short story collection) (1927)
Source: The Complete Short Stories

First lines of the published version, in the Atlantic Monthly (February 1862); Howe stated that the title “Battle Hymn of the Republic” was devised by the Atlantic editor James T. Fields.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.
He is trampling out the wine press, where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He hath loosed the fateful lightnings of his terrible swift sword,
His truth is marching on.
First lines of the first manuscript version (19 November 1861).
The Battle Hymn of the Republic (1861)

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 108.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 131.