 And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious aisle. "Take thy banner! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale, When the clarion's...  Voices of the Night - Page 42by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 326 pages
...wiir'j'LT; sound r. SHROUD ; do not drop the A. ENCIRCLING • in-ser cling; do not sound <' like • WHEH the dying flame of day, Through the chancel shot its...censer burning swung, Where, before the altar, hung That proud banner, which with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nun's sweet hymn was heard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...it cheers me long. HYMN OF THE MOEAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM. AT THE CONSECRATION OF PDLASKl'S BANNER. WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...on the cowled head ; And the censer burning swung, Where,",before the altar, hung The blood-red banner, that with prayer Had been consecrated there. And... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 pages
...American revolution, wu of crimson silk, embroidered by the Moreriol nuns of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. When the dying flame of day, Through the chancel shot its ray, Kar the glimmering tapers shed Faint light on the cowled head, And the censer burning swung, Where... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...it cheers me long. HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM, AT 1 HE CONSECRATION OF PULASKI'S BANNER, WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...that with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner ! May... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...dying flame of day Through the chaucel shot its ray, Far the glimmering tapers shed Faint light oil the cowled head ; And the censer burning swung, Where,...was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious ainli\ " Take thy banner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave ; When the battle's distant... | |
 | 1856 - 400 pages
...CATTLE— MESSRS. BAILEY AND SHAW'S FELF.HONGERS' WORKS — MR. EAMES'S GASSIVB AND BLEACHING WORKS, ETC. ' When the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...censer burning swung Where before the altar hung, That proud banner which, with prayer Had been consecrated there." — Longfellow. ' In this sweet haunt... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...dries up ; the star is shot ; The flight is past — and man forgot. KING. HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS. WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...Far the glimmering tapers shed Faint light on the cowlSd head, And the censer burning swung, Where before the altar hung That proud banner, which with... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...at defiance ? LESSON CXXV. . HYMN AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULAgKTS BANNER. BY HW LONGFELLOW. ? 1. . WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...censer burning swung, Where, before the altar, hung That proud banner, that with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard... | |
 | William Cornelius Reichel - 1858 - 528 pages
...verse by Longfellow in the following HTirX OP THE HOUT1A5 HCS1 AT TBI COIgECKATIOS Or PULASEl'S BASHER. When the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...the censer burning swung Where, before the altar, bung The blood-red banner that with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nan's sweet hymn was... | |
 | William Cornelius Reichel - 1858 - 540 pages
...NU1CS AT THE CONSECRATION OF FDLASKl'S BARKER. When the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot in ray, Far the glimmering tapers shed Faint light on the cowled head; And the censer burning awung Where, before the altar, hung The blood-red banner that with prayer Had been consecrated there.... | |
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