His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flashed like a 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; Above, the spectral glaciers... Ballads and Other Poems - Strona 129autor: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - Liczba stron: 132Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - Liczba stron: 908
...а роеш worthy of our author and of his readers. ' »EXCELSIOR. «' The shades of night w«*re falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed...'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device ExceUior ! " His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a fautchiuii from its sheath, And like... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - Liczba stron: 468
...ob|ect of his pursuit far onward and upward. EXCELSIOR, OR THE YOUTHFUL ASPIRANT. HW LONGFELLOW. 1. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through...A youth who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with this strange device, — EXCELSIOR ! 2. His brow was sad ; his eyes beneath Flashed like a falchion... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - Liczba stron: 502
...Thou that hast been to the pearl's dark shrine, O wrestler with the sea! MRS. HEMAHS. LESSON CXIV. EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore,'mid snow and ice, A banner, with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad : his eye beneath... | |
| Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - Liczba stron: 178
...the dear God that loveth us, He made and loveth all. Coleridge. EXCELSIOR. ASPIRATION AND PROGRESS. The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village past, A youth, who bore, 'midst snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, His brow was sad ;... | |
| University magazine - 1850 - Liczba stron: 816
...star falling from the clime he had gained — all, all, is exquisitely beautiful : — " EXCKLSIOR. " The shades of night were falling fast, As through...'Excelsior!' " His brow was sad ; his eye beneath F!a.-hed like a falchion from its sheath ; And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown... | |
| Salem Town - 1850 - Liczba stron: 374
...beautifully represented under the figure of a noble youth, climbing the lofty Alps at the close of day.] 1. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through...ice, A banner with the strange device, — Excelsior ! 2. His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver... | |
| 1850 - Liczba stron: 604
...light of a star falling from the clime he had gained — all, all, is exquisitely beautiful: — " EXCELSIOR. " The shades of night were falling fast,...'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device — 1 Excelsior !' " His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath ; And... | |
| Garland - 1850 - Liczba stron: 152
...work alone ; For, while the worlds about the sun revolve, God's heart and mind are ever with his own. EXCELSIOR! The shades of night were falling fast,...youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with this strange device— Excelsior ! His brow was sad—his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - Liczba stron: 462
...brooklet's swift advance, On the river's broad expanse !" EXCELSIOR. ENGRAVED BY W. HUMPHRYS. 1 A V" nh who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior !" Miftiilaneous Forms, p. 76. NUREMBERG, DER SCHOEN BRUNNEN. ENGRAVED BY W. HUMPHRYS. 1 Everywhere... | |
| 1851 - Liczba stron: 344
...Lord, And with untired humility forbore To speed their errands by the wings they wore. Wordsworth. EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast,...ice, A banner, with the strange device, Excelsior ! Hie brow was sad; his eye beneath Flashed like a fauichion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion... | |
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