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" He saw once more his dark-eyed queen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks, They held him by the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's... "
Poems on Slavery - Page 12
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 31 pages
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The Youth's magazine, or Evangelical miscellany

1831 - 492 pages
...dark-eyed queen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks, They held him hy the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids...furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank. At each leap he could feel his scabbard...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 33

1843 - 418 pages
...matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle reins were golden chains, And with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard...
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Local Collections; Or, Records of Remarkable Events, Connected with the ...

1852 - 184 pages
...children stand : They clasp'd his neck, they kiss'd his cheeks, They held him by the hand : A tear dropp'd from the sleeper's lids, And fell into the sand. And...furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank : His bridle reins were golden chains, And, with a maniai clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard...
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Poems, Volume 1

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...His breast was bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains. Arid, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard of steel Before him, like a blood-red...
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Poems, Volume 1

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 pages
...matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Aldhg the Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap...
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Exercitationes iambicæ; or Progressive exercises in Greek iambic verse

Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 502 pages
...there once again, Beneath the lofty foliage of palms, where Mighiy (Niger9) rules-over fertile plains, He saw, once more, his dark-eyed queen, Among her...sand. And then, at furious speed he rode Along the river's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains ; And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could...
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The Favourite

1854 - 428 pages
...they kissed |his cheek, They held him by the hand !— A tear-burst from the sleeper's lid ' And'fcll into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank-; His bridle- reins were gulden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard...
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The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With prefatory notice

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 578 pages
...matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his native land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridal reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard...
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The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. New complete ed., with ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. "Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed ho rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At...
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A Selection of Poetry

Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain road. He saw once more his dark-eyed queen Among her children...sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger bank ; His bridle reins were golden chains ; And with a martial clank, At each leap he could...
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