| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 310 pages
...He caught the words, " Deposuit potenles De sede, et exaltavit humiles" ; And slowly lifting up Ms kingly head He to a learned clerk beside him said,...What mean these words ? " The clerk made answer meet, I " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree." Thereat King Robert... | |
| 1863 - 632 pages
...and clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street, ' He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree !' And through the chant a second melody Rose, like the throbbing of a single string, ' I am an Angel,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 232 pages
...like a burden or refrain, He caught the words, " Deposuit potentes De sede, et exaltavit humiles"; And slowly lifting up his kingly head He to a learned...degree." Thereat King Robert muttered scornfully, " 'Tis well that such seditious words are sung Only by priests and in the Latin tongue ; For unto priests... | |
| 1864 - 382 pages
...king Robert was listening to the chanting of the vesper hymn, when these words struck his ear : — "He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree." The king scornfully mutters : — " 'Tis well that such seditious words are sung Only by priests, and... | |
| 1864 - 568 pages
...clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street, — " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree ! " Rose like the throbbing of a single string, — "I am an Angel, and thou art the King!" Then the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...and clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street : " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree !" And through the chant a second melody Rose like the throhhing of a single string : " I am an Angel,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 254 pages
...and clear, They heard the monks chant in the chapel near, Above the stir and tumult of the street : " He has put down the mighty from their seat, And has exalted them of low degree ! " And through the chant a second melody Rose like the throbbing of a single string : " I am an Angel,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...a burden or refrain, He caught the words, ' ' Deposuit pOtentes De sede, et exulta-vit kumilcs ; " And slowly lifting up his kingly head, He to a learned...degree." Thereat King Robert muttered scornfully, "'Tis well that such- seditious words are sung Only by priests and in the Latin tongue: For unto priests... | |
| Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 pages
...like a burden, or refrain, He caught the words " Deposuit potentes De sede, et exaltavit humiles ; " And slowly lifting up his kingly head, He, to a learned...has exalted them of low degree." Thereat king Robert mutter'd scornfully, " 'Tis well that such seditious words are sung Only by priests, and in the Latin... | |
| Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 pages
...like a burden or refrain, He caught the words, " Deposuit potentes De sede, et exaltavit humiles"; And slowly lifting up his kingly head He to a learned clerk beside him said, 8 ' ' What mean these words ? " The clerk made answer meet, " He has put down the mighty from their... | |
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