 Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me ?" Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December; And, like the water's flow Under...  Voices of the Night, and Other Poems - Page 106by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 606 pages
...Danish warrior, whose remains, clad in broken and corroded armour, had been dug up at Fall River : I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the gcr-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, "J Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
 | 1842 - 600 pages
...Danish warrior, whose remains, clad in broken and corroded armour, had been dug up at Fall River : I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. Far 5n the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, 1, with my childish hand, , Tamed the ger-faleon... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - 1845 - 262 pages
...From the heart's chamber. Itr. ' 1 wa« a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in foil; has told. No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Tl on dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse! For tbis 1 sought tbee. el by ,o A sp*c*nil... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...And, like the wnter's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber: "Far in the northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with xiy childish hand, Tamed the ger-faleon ; And, with my skates fast bound, Skimm'd the half-frozen Sound,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...skies i Gleam in December ; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber. " I was a Viking old ! My...manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee ! w Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, . Else dread a dead man's curse ! For... | |
 | 1920 - 968 pages
...verse. To the Browning and Tuppor which he mentions may be added: (1) Longfellow's 'Skeleton in Armour." I was a Viking old! My deeds, though manifold. No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee ! lines less familiar than tho famous ' Ode to Tobacco ' ; (2) Byron's ' Don Juan '—see 'Beer^; (3)... | |
 | Charles Timothy Brooks - 1851 - 110 pages
...As when the Northern skies Gleam in December •, And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber....tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ? For tliis I sought theo. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
..." I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thcc ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse! For this I sought thcc. « Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December ; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber....dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ! Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon... | |
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