 Ha! start ye back? Fool! coward! knave ! Think ye my noble father's glaive Would drink the life-blood of a slave? The pearls that on the handle flame Would blush to rubies in their shame; The blade would quiver in thy breast Ashamed of such ignoble rest....  Mrs. Stephens' Illustrated New Monthly - Page 1201856Full view - About this book
 | 1839 - 330 pages
...father gave Would drink the life-blood of a slave ? The pearls, that on the handle flame, Would blush to rubies in their shame ! The blade would quiver...fling him back a boy's disdain !" A moment, and the foneral light Flashed on the jewelled weapon bright. Another ! and hie young heart's blood Leaped to... | |
 | 1839 - 324 pages
...hreast, Ashamed of such ignohle rest! No ! thus I rend the tyrant's chain, And fling him hack a hoy's disdain !" A moment, and the funeral light Flashed on the jewelled weapon hright. Another ! and his young heart's hlood Leaped to the floor, a crimson flood. Quick to his mother's... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - 1864 - 530 pages
...of poignard bright Glittered a moment on the sight. The pearls that on the handle flame Would blush to rubies in their shame, The blade would quiver in thy breast, • Ashamed of such ignoble rest. Xo ! thus I rend the tyrant's chain, And fling him back a boy's disdain /" A moment, and the funeral... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 pages
...father's glave, Could drink the life blood of a slave 1 The pearls that on the handle flame, Would blush to rubies in their shame ! The blade would quiver...breast, Ashamed of such ignoble rest ! No ; thus I rend thy tyrant's chain, And fling him back a boy's disdain ! " A moment, and the funeral light Flashed... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1868 - 314 pages
...father's glave " Would drink the life-blood of a slave ? The pearls that on the handle flame Would blush to rubies in their shame ; The blade would quiver...rend the tyrant's chain, And fling him back a boy's d1sdain!" 1 Haft (haft), a handle. 3 Glave, a curved cutting instru8 Poniard (p&n' yard), a pointed... | |
 | Philip Lawrence - 1870 - 422 pages
...father's glaive Would drink the life-blood of a slave? The pearls that on the handle flame Would blush to rubies in their shame ; The blade would quiver...tyrant's chain, And fling him back a boy's disdain I " A moment, and the funeral light Flashed on the jewelled weapon bright ; Another, and his young... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 348 pages
...father's glave 3 Would drink the life-blood of a slave ? The pearls that on the handle flame Would blush to rubies in their shame ; The blade would quiver...tyrant's chain, And fling him back a boy's disdain!" 1 Haft (h&fl), a handle. s Glave, a curved catting instru3 Poniard (pfin' yard), a pointed ment, having... | |
 | 1876 - 734 pages
...father's glaive Would drink the life-blood of a slave? The pearls that on the handle flame Would blush to rubies in their shame; The blade would quiver in...rest. No! thus I rend the tyrant's chain, And fling kirn back a boy's disdain! " A moment, and the funeral light Flashed on the jewelled weapon bright:... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 pages
...father's glaive Would drink the life-blood of a slave ? The pearls that on the handle flame, Would blush to rubies in their shame ; The blade would quiver...tyrant's chain, And fling him back a boy's disdain l " A moment, and the funeral light Flashed on the jeweled weapon bright ; Another, and his young heart's... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 456 pages
...father's glaive Would drink the life-blood of a slave t The pearls that on the handle flame Would blush to rubies in their shame ; The blade would quiver...ignoble rest. No ! thus I rend the tyrant's chain, A moment, and the funeral light Flashed on the jeweled weapon bright ; Another, and his young heart's... | |
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