 | John Mackay Wilson - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1848 - 648 pages
...stood away to join you. My men behaved nobly ; with death staring them in the face, they never fora moment failed in their duty, or flinched from the...Heaven, I owe both : how can I express my gratitude ?" " Oh, speak not thus to me, dear sir ; — I but did my duty, and am I not already more than repaid... | |
 | Literature - 1912 - 890 pages
...with the last words: Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple red. He added, as the tears stood in his eyes and his voice trembled with emotion, "No one knows what 'Maud' is till they have heard me read It." And It was perfectly true. Wilfrid Wart.... | |
 | Literature - 1914 - 540 pages
...last words: ' Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.' He added, as the tears stood in his eyes and his voice trembled with emotion, ' No one knows what Maud is till they have heard me read it.' And it was perfectly true." THOMAS PERCIVAL... | |
 | Cape Cod (Mass.) - 1915 - 536 pages
...against his rough coat sleeve. "There now, Mother," he said, smoothing her silver hair with his toil-worn hand while the tears stood in his eyes and his voice trembled with emotion, "Who knows, like as not he will come. 'Tas bin tew years thet ye've hoped and prayed. Surely the Lord... | |
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Maud," working up the passion of the concluding stanzas with extraordinary power, each line in a higher key than the one before it, and then, his voice falling suddenly with the last words: Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple... 