The World's Best Poetry ...John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard J. D. Morris, 1904 - English poetry |
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Page 37
... what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glittering skirts unroll ? Visions of glory , spare my aching sight ! Ye unborn ages , crowd not on my soul ! No more our long - lost Arthur we bewail . PATRIOTISM . 37.
... what solemn scenes on Snowdon's height Descending slow their glittering skirts unroll ? Visions of glory , spare my aching sight ! Ye unborn ages , crowd not on my soul ! No more our long - lost Arthur we bewail . PATRIOTISM . 37.
Page 48
... glory on his forehead , There was lustre in his eye , And he never walked to battle More proudly than to die . There was color in his visage , Though the cheeks of all were wan ; And they marvelled as they saw him pass , That 48 POEMS ...
... glory on his forehead , There was lustre in his eye , And he never walked to battle More proudly than to die . There was color in his visage , Though the cheeks of all were wan ; And they marvelled as they saw him pass , That 48 POEMS ...
Page 49
... and serene , he rose , And cast his cloak away ; For he had ta'en his latest look Of earth and sun and day . A beam of light fell o'er him , Like a glory round the shriven , And he climbed the lofty ladder As it were the 4 PATRIOTISM . 49.
... and serene , he rose , And cast his cloak away ; For he had ta'en his latest look Of earth and sun and day . A beam of light fell o'er him , Like a glory round the shriven , And he climbed the lofty ladder As it were the 4 PATRIOTISM . 49.
Page 50
... glory . Come from the hills where your hirsels are graz- ing ; Come from the glen of the buck and the roe ; Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing ; Come with the buckler , the lance , and the bow . Trumpets are sounding ; War ...
... glory . Come from the hills where your hirsels are graz- ing ; Come from the glen of the buck and the roe ; Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing ; Come with the buckler , the lance , and the bow . Trumpets are sounding ; War ...
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... glory . Come from the hills where your hirsels are graz- ing ; Come from the glen of the buck and the roe ; Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing ; Come with the buckler , the lance , and the bow . Trumpets are sounding ; War ...
... glory . Come from the hills where your hirsels are graz- ing ; Come from the glen of the buck and the roe ; Come to the crag where the beacon is blazing ; Come with the buckler , the lance , and the bow . Trumpets are sounding ; War ...
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