| 1851 - 88 Seiten
...saw the light Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan—EXCELSIOR ! " Try not the pass!" the old man said, " Dark lowers...torrent is deep and wide !" And loud that clarion voice replied—EXCELSIOR t Thy weary head upon this breast !" " 0, stay," the maiden said, " and rest But... | |
| Stephen Watkins Clark - 1851 - 204 Seiten
...village passed A youth, who bore through snow and ice A banner, with the strange device — Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above the spectral glacier shone, And from his lips escaped a groan — Excelsior ! " Try not the pass," the old man said... | |
| 1851 - 1306 Seiten
...falchion from itd sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior Î In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above, the «pectra.1 glaciers alione, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelciior ! " Try not the pa=s !"'... | |
| William Draper Swan - 1851 - 440 Seiten
...falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; 21 o Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior ! " Try not... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 Seiten
...The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household (ires gleam warm and bright: Above, the spectral glaciers...voice replied, Excelsior! " O stay," the maiden said, "anJ rest Thy weary head upon this breast !" A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answer'd,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 Seiten
...silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! " In happy homes he saw the liaht Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above,...loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! " 'O, sUy,' the maiden said, 'and rest Thy weary head upon this breast !' A tear stood in his bright blue... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 Seiten
...falehion from its sheath ; And like a silver elarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright : Above, the speetral glaciers shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the... | |
| James Orton - 1852 - 182 Seiten
...LONDON WILLIAM PICKERING 1852 • " ' TRY not the Pafs ! ' the old man faid ; ' Dark lowers the tempeft overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! ' And loud that clarion voice replied ' Excelfior ! ' " Longfellow. THE world's right alchemy reveals no blank, Its poets turning meaneft... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 Seiten
...faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires...shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior ! cc Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 Seiten
...faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Ahove, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior ! " Try not the... | |
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