 | Hugh Rowley (hon.) - 1867 - 306 páginas
...that old joke about " the maids of Cashmere, and the maids of mere cash," this riddle, isn't it ?] " ' Charge, Chester, charge ! on, Stanley, on !' Were the last words of Marmion." If / had been in Stanley's place, When Marmion urged him to the chase, Your quicker sight would soon... | |
 | Caroline L. Smith - 1867 - 268 páginas
...was the fruit? 20. In Sir Walter Scott's celebrated poem, " Marmion," are the following lines: — " Charge, Chester ! charge ! On, Stanley, on ! Were the last words of Marmion." These lines suggested the following enigma: — Were I in noble Stanley's place, When Marmion urged... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 530 páginas
...: With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted : ' Victory! — Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on !' Were the last words of Marmion. THE TROSACHS. THE western waves of ebbing day Rolled o'er the glen their level way ; Each purple peak,... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 páginas
...glazing eye : With dying hand above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted " Victory ! Charge, Chester, charge ! on, Stanley, on ! " Were the last words of Marmion. Marmion. SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE. (1773-1834.) BORN at Ottery St. Mary, Devonshire, and educated at... | |
 | Benjamin Taylor - 1900 - 234 páginas
...the subject of much speculation. It turned upon two lines of Scott's famous poem, and ran thus : '" Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on !" Were the last words of Marmion. Were I in gallant Stanley's place, When Marmion urged him to the chase, A word you then would all espy,... | |
 | Arthur William Moore - 1901 - 164 páginas
...dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted — ' Victory ! ' — ' Charge, Chester, charge ! On Stanley, on ! Were the last words of Marmion." THESE lines, taken from Sir Walter Scott's " Marmion," refer to the exploits of Sir Edward Stanley... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale (Jr.), Adaline Wheelock Sterling - 1901 - 526 páginas
...; With dying hand, above his head, He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted, " Victory ! — Charge, Chester, charge. On, Stanley, on ! '' Were the last words of Marmion. Stanley : All the names can hardly be so explained as to give a clear understanding of the battle.... | |
 | Arthur William Moore - 1901 - 160 páginas
...dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted — ' Victory ! ' — ' Charge, Chester, charge ! On Stanley, on ! Were the last words of Marmion." THESE lines, taken from Sir Walter Scott's " Marmion," refer to the exploits of Sir Edward Stanley... | |
 | Oscar Israel Woodley, Myra Soper Woodley, George Rice Carpenter - 1902 - 186 páginas
...state their cases, and explain how each is used : — 1. A generous action is its own reward. 2. " Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on ! " were the last words of Marmion. 3. Night's candles are all burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops. 4. The... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 páginas
...quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! l Stanza so. " Charge, Chester, charge ! on, Stanley, on ! " Were the last words of Marmion. stanza 32. Oh for a blast of that dread horn a On Fontarabian echoes borne ! . Stanza 33. To all, to... | |
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The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And ' Stanley ! ' was the cry. A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye ; With dying hand above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted '... 
