 The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver...  The Penny Post - Sida 2161851Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1842 - 590 sidor
...various exciting incidents that occurred on our way to and from Kennington. EXCELSIOR. BY WH LONGFELLOW. THE shades of night were falling fast. As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'midst snow and ice, A banner with the strange device — Exceltior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 144 sidor
...seal ; And that smile, like sunshine, dart Into many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast,...and ice, A banner with the strange device Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion... | |
 | 1842 - 576 sidor
...his labors to the graver, and thus share in the fame of the poet. 1842.] Longfellow's Poems. 243 " EXCELSIOR. " THE shades of night were falling fast,...ice, A banner with the strange device, . Excelsior ! " His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flashed like a faulcliion from its sheath, And like a silver... | |
 | 1842 - 694 sidor
...exciting incidents that occurred on our way to and from Kennington. EXCELSIOR. BY 11. W. LONGFELLOW. • THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'midst snow and ice, A banner with the strange device — Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 sidor
...the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of Life Our fortunes must be wrought, 300 301 EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth, who bore, mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 sidor
...seal ; And that smile, like sunshine, dart Into many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast,...and ice, A banner with the strange device Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1843 - 394 sidor
...history, so prophetic of her future destiny: •' The shades of Night were falling fast, As through art Alpine Village passed A Youth, who bore, 'mid snow...A banner with the strange device— ' EXCELSIOR!' " ' Beware the Pine tree's withfred branch! Beware the awful avalanche!' This was the Peasant's last... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 sidor
...glimmerings almost meet, Crowd back to narrow bounds the ancient night. EXCELSIOR. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth, who bore, mid snow and ice, A banner, with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 sidor
...that are behind, and reaching forth unto those things that are before, I press toward the mark," &c. The shades of night were falling fast, As through...ice, A banner with the strange device — Excelsior ! His brow was sad, his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath ; And like a silver clarion... | |
 | Jules Janin - 1844 - 254 sidor
...voices, the favorite air which our master had composed, expressly for my little sister Nelly : — " The shades of night were falling fast, As through...and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior !" Do you wish to know the history of this worthy Schlesinger, whom our virtuosos of Paris recalled... | |
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