To banquet on the dead ; Nor how, when strangers found his bones, They dressed the hasty bier, And marked his grave with nameless stones, Unmoistened by a tear. But long they looked, and feared, and wept, Within his distant home ; And dreamed, and started... The North American Review - Página 4331826Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1825 - 426 páginas
...dreamed, and started as they slept, For joy that he was come. So long they looked— but never spied Hit welcome step again. Nor knew the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen. B. THE LtJHATIC GIRL. Most beautiful, mo<t gentle ! Yet how lost To all that gladdens tin- fair earth... | |
| 1825 - 412 páginas
...they slept. For joy that he was come. So long they looked— but never spied His welcome step ajiain. Nor knew the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen. B. The aspiring lark up from the reedy river Mounted, on cheerful pinion ; and >he sat Casting smooth... | |
| 1826 - 518 páginas
...The murdered traveller's bones were found, Far down a narrow glen. 1826.] Miscellaneous Poems. 435 The fragrant birch, above him, hung Her tassels in...fragrant birch, above him, hung Her tassels in the sky ; ' which occur in the second stanza. Such minute and inimitable beauties are scattered over every... | |
| 1826 - 192 páginas
...beset. Nor how when round the frosty pole The northern dawn was red, The mountain wolf and wild-cat stole To banquet on the dead. Nor how, when strangers...the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen. THE OLD MAN'S FUNERAL. I saw an aged man upon his bier, His hair was thin and white, and on his brow... | |
| 1826 - 192 páginas
...distant home; And dreamed, and started as they slept, For joy that he was come. So long they looked—but never spied His welcome step again, Nor knew the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen. THE OLD MAN'S FUNERAL. I saw an aged man upon his bier, His hair was thin and white, and on his brow... | |
| 1829 - 436 páginas
...distant home ; And dream'd, and started as they slept, For joy that he was come. So long they look'd — but never spied His welcome step again, Nor knew the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen. AN INDIAN STORY. I KNOW where the timid fawn abides In the depths of the shaded dell, Where the leaves... | |
| Samuel Kettell - 1829 - 432 páginas
...home ; And dream'd, and started as they slept, For joy that he was come. So long they look'd—but never spied His welcome step again, Nor knew the fearful death he died AN INDIAN STORY. I KNOW where the timid fawn abides In the depths of the shaded dell, Where the leaves... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 180 páginas
...; — Nor how, when round the frosty pole The northern dawn was red, The mountain wolf and wild-cat stole To banquet on the dead ; — Nor how, when strangers...fearful death he died, Far down that narrow glen. LESSON XIX. On Intellectual Taste. — JANE TAYLOR. the primary objects of their regard ; and that... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1833 - 274 páginas
...beset. Nor how when round the frosty pole The northern dawn was red, The mountain wolf and wild-cat stole To banquet on the dead. Nor how, when strangers...the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen. LESSON ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHTH. Father and Son. Among the cases of suffering by the wreck, in... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 460 páginas
...distant home ; And dream 'd and started as they slept, For joy that he was come. So long they look'd— but never spied His welcome step again, Nor knew the fearful death he died, Far down that narrow g\vm. . THE DISAPPOINTED POLITICIAN.* BY MRS MOODIE. " SHOULD you like to be a queen, Christina?" said... | |
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