 Southward from Surrey's pleasant hills flew those bright couriers forth ; High on bleak Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the north ; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still: All night from tower to tower they sprang; they...  England and Wales - Page 481876Full view - About this book
 | Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 pages
...High on black Hampstead's swarthy moor, they started for the north ; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still; All night from tower to tower they sprang, all night from hill to hill; Till the proud peak nnfurl'd the flag o'er Derwent's rocky dales; Till,... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1863 - 390 pages
...High on bleak Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the North ; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still, All night from tower to...crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light— 7Till broad and fierce the star came forth on Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...High on bleak Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the north ; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still : All night from tower...Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lovely height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light, Till broad and fierce... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...High on bleak Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the North ; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still: All night from tower to...rocky dales, Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the st•'- my hills of Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height, Till... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - 1863 - 328 pages
...night from tower to tower they sprang—they sprang from hill to hill, Till the proud Peak unfurl'd the flag o'er Darwin's rocky dales— Till like volcanoes...counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height— Till stream'd in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light— Till broad and fierce the star came... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1863 - 314 pages
...and on, without a pause, untired they hounded still, All night from tower to tower they sprang—they sprang from hill to hill, Till the proud Peak unfurled...dales— Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hi'lla of Wales— 17. Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height— Till streamed... | |
 | Selections - English poetry - 1863 - 192 pages
...High on black Hampstead's swarthy moor, they started for the north ; And on and on without-a-pause, untired they bounded still; All night from tower to tower they sprang , all night from hill to hill; Till the proud peak unfurl'd the flag o'er Derwent's rocky dales; Till,... | |
 | William Dobson - Lancashire (England) - 1864 - 400 pages
...after beacon glared, and, as it were, bounded from hill to hill, " And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still : All night from tower...Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern.s lonely height. Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin'a crest of light, Till broad... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...High on bleak Hampstead's swarthy moor they started for the North; And on, and on, without a pause, untired they bounded still, All night from tower to...like volcanoes flared to Heaven the stormy hills of WalesTill twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height — Till streamed in crimson... | |
 | J Bradshawe Walker - 1864 - 328 pages
...bleak Hampstead's swarthy moor, They started for the north. And on, and on, without a pause, (Jntired they bounded still ; All night from tower to tower...They sprang from hill to hill. Till the proud peak unfurl'd the flag O'er Darwin's rocky dales ; Till, like volcanoes, flar'd to heaven The stormy hills... | |
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