 Marked the poor conscripts' grave, And, pierced by frost and famine, sank The bravest of the brave ! A thousand trembling lamps The gathered darkness mock, And velvet drapes his hearse, who died On bare Helena's rock ; And from the altar near, A never-ceasing...  Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands - Pàgina 249per Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1842 - 368 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1849 - 508 pàgines
...pierced by frost and famine, sank The bravest of the brave. A thousand trembling lamps The gather'd darkness mock, And velvet drapes his hearse, who died...rock ; And from the altar near, A never-ceasing hymn Id lified by the chanting priests Beside the taper dim. Mysterious one, and proud ! In the land where... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1852 - 516 pàgines
...snow Marked the sad conscript's grave, And pierced by frost and famine, sank The bravest of the brave. A thousand trembling lamps The gathered darkness mock,...drapes his hearse, who died On bare Helena's rock; 60 LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY. Is lifted by the chanting priests Beside by the taper dim. Mysterious one !... | |
 | Thomas Buchanan Read - 1855 - 534 pàgines
...snow Marked the sad conscript's grave, And pierced by frost and famine, sank The bravest of the brave. A thousand trembling lamps The gathered darkness mock,...died On bare Helena's rock; And from the altar near Is lifted by the chanting priests Beside by the taper dim. Mysterious one ! and proud ! In the land... | |
 | Charles William Everest - 1860 - 484 pàgines
...Marked the poor conscripts' grave, And, pierced by frost and famine, sank The bravest of the brave ! A thousand trembling lamps The gathered darkness mock,...flocking ghosts of those Who at thy nod were slain 1 Oh, when the cry of that spectral host, Like a rushing blast shall be, What will thine answer be... | |
 | 1873 - 588 pàgines
...brought to Paris, and we may quote them in regard to his equally ambitious though less gifted nephew : 'Mysterious one and proud ! In the land where shadows...flocking ghosts of those Who at thy nod were slain ? Ob, when the cry of that spectral host Like a rushing blast shall be, Wbat will thine answer be to... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1860 - 418 pàgines
...bravest of the brave. A thousand trembling lamps The gathered darkness mock, And velvet drapes hi* hearse, who died On bare Helena's rock ; And from the altar near A never-dying hymn Is lifted by the chanting priests Beside the taper dim. Mysterious one ! and proud... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pàgines
...pierced by frost and famine, sank The bravest of the brave. A thousand trembling lamps The gather'd precious blood. Oh, FIRESIDE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF POETRY. Hast thou met the flocking ghosts of those Who at thy nod were slain?... | |
 | William J. Hillis - 1896 - 650 pàgines
...snowMarked the poor conscripts' grave, And, pierced by frost and famine, sank The bravest of the brave ! A thousand trembling lamps The gathered darkness mock,...lifted by the chanting priests Beside the taper dim. i Mysterious One, and proud ! In the land where shadows reign, Hast thou met the flocking ghosts of... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 954 pàgines
...Marked the poor conscripts' grave, And, pierced by frost and famine, sank The bravest of the brave. A thousand trembling lamps The gathered darkness mock,...and proud ! In the land where shadows reign. Hast tbou met the flocking ghosts of those Who at thy nod were slain ? Oh, when the cry of that spectral... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 968 pàgines
...Marked the poor conscripts' grove, Ami, pierced by frost and famine, souk The bravest of the brave. A thousand trembling lamps The gathered darkness mock, And velvet drapes his hoarse, who died On bare Helena's rock; And from the altar near, A never-ceasing hymn Is lifted by... | |
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