 THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver...  The poetical works of H.W. Longfellow - Página 115por Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1853 - 684 páginas
...banner, with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad; his eye beneath Flashed like a fau'chion from its sheath. And like a silver clarion rung The...groan, Excelsior ! • Try not the Pass !" the old man laid, "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide I" And loud that clarion... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 páginas
...snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flash'd like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver...rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior I In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright: Above, the spectral glaciers... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 páginas
...with the strange device ExceUior ! " His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a fautchiuii from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, ExccUior ! " In happy homes he sawjjie light Of household tires gleam warm and briylit; Above, the... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 páginas
...'mid snow and ice, A banner with this strange device, — EXCELSIOR ! 2. His brow was sad ; his eyes beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And...The accents, of that unknown tongue, — EXCELSIOR ! 3. In happy homes, he saw the fight Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above, the spectral... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1871 - 598 páginas
...strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its aheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! "Try not the Pass ! " the old man said "Dnrk loners the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep... | |
 | Nathan Ames - 1848 - 184 páginas
...maiden, with a basket swung Upon her arm ; but still she sung, Ohushmychild ! Her brow was sad ; her eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And, like a whispering angel's, rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Ohushmychild ! In Harvard halls she saw... | |
 | Edward Payson Weston - 1849 - 200 páginas
...banner with the strange device Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The...shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior ! EXCELSIOR. 87 " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring... | |
 | Spring flowers, S. P. - 1849 - 178 páginas
...ice, A banner with the strange device, His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath ; And like a silver clarion rung The...household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaziers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass !" the old man said... | |
 | 1849 - 472 páginas
...prospects of success. He very much resembled the Alpine pedestrian of Longfellow : " His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,...rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior !" He soon adopted the maxim that study is unnecessary for a person of talent; and, of course, unnecessary... | |
 | Salem Town - 1850 - 372 páginas
...was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung 3. In happy homes, he saw the light, Of household fires,...shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, — Excelsior ! 4. " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent... | |
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