PoemsB.B.Mussey & Company, 1854 - 384 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 56
Page 18
... III . - THE DAUGHTER . THE Soot - black brows of men the yell Of women thronging round the bed - The tinkling charm of ring and shell - The Powah whispering o'er the dead ! - All these the Sachem's home had known , When , 18 POEMS .
... III . - THE DAUGHTER . THE Soot - black brows of men the yell Of women thronging round the bed - The tinkling charm of ring and shell - The Powah whispering o'er the dead ! - All these the Sachem's home had known , When , 18 POEMS .
Page 27
... brow is nightly fanned By breezes whispering of his native land , And , on the stranger's dim and dying eye The soft , sweet pictures of his childhood lie ! Joy then for Weetamoo , to sit once more A child upon her father's wigwam floor ...
... brow is nightly fanned By breezes whispering of his native land , And , on the stranger's dim and dying eye The soft , sweet pictures of his childhood lie ! Joy then for Weetamoo , to sit once more A child upon her father's wigwam floor ...
Page 34
... brow . His head is bare , save only where Waves in the wind one lock of hair , Reserved for him , whoe'er he be , More mighty than Megone in strife , When breast to breast and knee to knee , Above the fallen warrior's life Gleams ...
... brow . His head is bare , save only where Waves in the wind one lock of hair , Reserved for him , whoe'er he be , More mighty than Megone in strife , When breast to breast and knee to knee , Above the fallen warrior's life Gleams ...
Page 35
... and over- spread with vines , that , in their season , produce excellent grapes . We named it the island of Bacchus . " - Les voyages de Sieur Champlain . Liv . 2 , c . 3 . A smile gleams o'er his dusky brow " Boon welcome MOGG MEGONE . 35.
... and over- spread with vines , that , in their season , produce excellent grapes . We named it the island of Bacchus . " - Les voyages de Sieur Champlain . Liv . 2 , c . 3 . A smile gleams o'er his dusky brow " Boon welcome MOGG MEGONE . 35.
Page 36
... brow , A flush , as of shame , is stealing now : " Sachem ! " he says , " let me have the land , Which stretches away upon either hand , * John Bonython was the son of Richard Bonython , Gent . , one of the most efficient and able ...
... brow , A flush , as of shame , is stealing now : " Sachem ! " he says , " let me have the land , Which stretches away upon either hand , * John Bonython was the son of Richard Bonython , Gent . , one of the most efficient and able ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
altar angels arms beauty beneath blessed blood bondman's breath breeze brow calm Castine chain cloud cold curse dank and lone dark daughters dead dream earth evil Faneuil Hall fathers fear feel fetters fire flowers Freedom glance grave green grey Hall hand hath hear heard heart Heaven hills holy human hunting Indian Jesuit John Bonython land light lips look Massachusetts Mogg Megone mountain murmur Narragansett Bay night Norridgewock Northern eagle o'er pale Passaconaway Pennacook prayer pride priest Quaker rice-swamp dank rock round Rouville Sachem Saco river Saugus Scamman scorn shade shadow shame shore shrine slave slavery Slavery's smile Sokokis sold and gone song soul sound spirit stood sunset sunshine tears thee thine thou thrill TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE tree truth unto voice wall wampum waters wave weary Weetamoo wigwam wild wind wood words wrong