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... slain ; He wrapt his colours round his breast , On a blood - red field of Spain . And one - o'er her the myrtle showers Its leaves , by soft winds fanned ; She faded ' midst Italian flowers- The last of that bright band . And parted ...
... slain ; He wrapt his colours round his breast , On a blood - red field of Spain . And one - o'er her the myrtle showers Its leaves , by soft winds fanned ; She faded ' midst Italian flowers- The last of that bright band . And parted ...
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... slain her lover ? " - Out spoke the hardy Highland wight , " I'll go , my chief - I'm ready : It is not for your silver bright , But for your winsome lady : And , by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So , though the ...
... slain her lover ? " - Out spoke the hardy Highland wight , " I'll go , my chief - I'm ready : It is not for your silver bright , But for your winsome lady : And , by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So , though the ...
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... slain ; No anthem was sung at his holy death - bed , No weeping there was when his bosom bled , And his heart was rent in twain . Oh ! it was not thus when his oaken spear Was true to that knight forlorn , And hosts of a thousand were ...
... slain ; No anthem was sung at his holy death - bed , No weeping there was when his bosom bled , And his heart was rent in twain . Oh ! it was not thus when his oaken spear Was true to that knight forlorn , And hosts of a thousand were ...
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... slain in that great victory . " - " Now tell us what ' twas all about , " Young Peterkin he cries ; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder - waiting eyes : " Now tell us all about the war , And what they fought each other for ...
... slain in that great victory . " - " Now tell us what ' twas all about , " Young Peterkin he cries ; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder - waiting eyes : " Now tell us all about the war , And what they fought each other for ...
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... slain Weeping on his burial plain ; Ye that triumph , ye that sigh , Kindred by one holy tie Heaven's first star alike ye see- Lift the heart and bend the knee . MRS . HEMANS . THE SOLDIER'S DREAM . OUR bugles sang truce , for 138 ...
... slain Weeping on his burial plain ; Ye that triumph , ye that sigh , Kindred by one holy tie Heaven's first star alike ye see- Lift the heart and bend the knee . MRS . HEMANS . THE SOLDIER'S DREAM . OUR bugles sang truce , for 138 ...
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Page 79 - 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, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 84 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 83 - Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 139 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 81 - I Remember I remember, I remember, The house where I was born ; The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day ; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away...
Page 80 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Page 141 - Percy present word He would prevent his sport. The English Earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Page 173 - ... sounding ; Caught up to meet Him in the skies, With joy their Lord surrounding ; No gloomy fears their souls dismay ; His presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet Him.
Page 66 - But still, as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men — Their trampling sounded nearer. ' O haste thee, haste ! ' the lady cries, ' Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Page 83 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.