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... stood , in the last moon of flowers , And thirty snows had not yet shed Their glory on the warrior's head ; But , as the summer fruit decays , So died he in those naked days . A dark cloak of the roebuck's skin Covered the warrior , and ...
... stood , in the last moon of flowers , And thirty snows had not yet shed Their glory on the warrior's head ; But , as the summer fruit decays , So died he in those naked days . A dark cloak of the roebuck's skin Covered the warrior , and ...
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... stood beside the helm , His pipe was in his mouth , And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West , now South . Then up and spake an old Sailòr , Had sailed to the Spanish Main , " I pray thee , put into yonder port ...
... stood beside the helm , His pipe was in his mouth , And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now West , now South . Then up and spake an old Sailòr , Had sailed to the Spanish Main , " I pray thee , put into yonder port ...
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... stood aghast , To see the form of a maiden fair , Lashed close to a drifting mast . The salt sea was frozen on her breast , The salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair , like the brown sea weed , On the billows fall and rise . Such ...
... stood aghast , To see the form of a maiden fair , Lashed close to a drifting mast . The salt sea was frozen on her breast , The salt tears in her eyes ; And he saw her hair , like the brown sea weed , On the billows fall and rise . Such ...
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... stood in his bright blue eye , But still he answered , with a sigh , Excelsior ! " Beware the pine - tree's withered branch ' Beware the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last Good - night , A voice replied , far up the height ...
... stood in his bright blue eye , But still he answered , with a sigh , Excelsior ! " Beware the pine - tree's withered branch ' Beware the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last Good - night , A voice replied , far up the height ...
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... stood . Her eyes were large , and full of light , Her arms and neck were bare ; No garment she wore save a kirtle bright , And her own long , raven hair . And on her lips there played a smile As holy , meek , and faint , As lights in ...
... stood . Her eyes were large , and full of light , Her arms and neck were bare ; No garment she wore save a kirtle bright , And her own long , raven hair . And on her lips there played a smile As holy , meek , and faint , As lights in ...
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Page xvii - Find us farther than to-day. Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle 1 Be a hero in the strife
Page 396 - in Galilee, Saying : The Son of Man must be delivered Into the hands of sinful men ; by them Be crucified, and the third day rise again I But go your way, and say to his disciples, He goeth before you into Galilee ; There shall ye see Him as He said to
Page 95 - s roar, In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thee I
Page xviii - art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shall know erelong, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS The poem in its first form bore the title
Page 11 - I A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior 1 There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior
Page 57 - have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. Anil the night
Page 199 - and two, if by sea ; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and light, — farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm." Then he said, " Good night ! " and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the
Page 361 - been foreshadowed in them I CHRISTUS. For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest Until its righteousness be as a brightness, And its salvation as a lamp that burneth ! Thou shall be called no longer the Forsaken,
Page 379 - CHRISTUS. Children ! how hard it is for them that trust In riches to enter into the kingdom of God ! T is easier for a camel to go through A needle's eye, than for the rich to enter The kingdom of God
Page 11 - height, Excelsior 1 At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air, Excelsior I A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior