Orations and Declamations for Young AmericansH. C. Beauchamp Star Farmer Print., 1903 - 48 páginas |
Palavras e frases frequentes
American army Attila the Scourge Barbara Fritchie Barbara Fritchie's billows blood in Europe Bozzaris brave breast breath Brixom bumble-bee cavern civilization DANIEL WEBSTER dark dead death degradation drunk duty earth eloquence eyes fierce filly Fire flag foam Frederick town freedom glorious glory golden sun Greece Gulf Stream H. C. BEAUCHAMP Hark hear heart heaven honor hornet human javelin jist Klepman laugh liberty light little shmall rid live look loud man's march of Attila midnight mind moral nation neighbors nest never night noble o'er Oh father patriotism Persian empire poor Republic rest rise rock sail shalt shmall rid hin shout Skeleton in Armor smile snow Soft eyes soldier souls sound Spartacus stand stars story thee thou toil Toussaint L'Ouverture tramp triumph victory voice Washington waves wild wind YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Passagens conhecidas
Página 42 - And heard, with voice as trumpet loud, Bozzaris cheer his band: — "Strike — till the last armed foe expires; Strike — for your altars and your fires; Strike — for the green graves of your sires, God — and your native land...
Página 41 - An hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
Página 43 - Bozzaris ! with the storied brave Greece nurtured in her glory's time, Rest thee — there is no prouder grave, Even in her own proud clime. We tell thy doom without a sigh ; For thou art Freedom's now, and Fame's — One of the few, the immortal names, That were not born to die.
Página 45 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 47 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Página 30 - He was chubby and plump — a right jolly old elf : And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself; A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings : then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
Página 24 - But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the waves On the Lake of Galilee.
Página 13 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Página 14 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Página 23 - It was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea; And the skipper had taken his little daughter To bear him company. Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax, Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May.