Where he took and hid the hero, in the rushes and the sands ; But he like a brother laid him out of reach of wind and rain, And for many days he sojourned near him on that wild-faced plain. Whilst he stayed beside the ruin — whilst he lingered with... Poems and Songs - Page 108by Henry Kendall - 1862 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Burnett Barton - Australian literature - 1866 - 238 pages
...ground. Weak and wearied with his journey, there the lone survivor stooped ; And the disappointment bowed him, and his heart with sadness drooped. But...blast — All uncovered to the tempest as it wailed and whistled past. And they shrouded him with bushes, so in death that he might lie Like a warrior... | |
| George Burnett Barton - Australian literature - 1866 - 232 pages
...Where our noble Burke was lying—where his sad companion stood, Came the natives of the Forest—came the wild men of the Wood ; Down they looked and saw the stranger—he who there in quiet slept— Down they knelt, and o'er the chieftain bitterly they moaned... | |
| Henry Kendall - 1903 - 448 pages
...rushes and the sands ; But he, like a brother, laid him out of reach of wind and rain, And for fnany days he sojourned near him on that wild-faced plain...Bitterly they mourned to see him all uncovered to the blastAll uncovered to the tempest as it wailed and whistled past ; And they shrouded him with bushes,... | |
| Henry Kendall - 1903 - 412 pages
...stayed beside the ruin, whilst he lingered with the dead, Oh ! he must have sat in shadow gloomy as the Where our noble Burke was lying — where his sad...blast— All uncovered to the tempest as it wailed and whistled past ; And they shrouded him with bushes, so in death that he might lie, Like a warrior... | |
| Roslynn Doris Haynes - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 406 pages
...Hiawatha,*1 import Aborigines as Burke's first mourners: Came the natives of the Forest - came the wild man of the Wood; Down they looked and saw the stranger...o'er the chieftain bitterly they moaned and wept. Kendall later added a prologue which clearly implicated the alien, unresponsive landscape in the deaths... | |
| Roslynn Doris Haynes - Biography & Autobiography - 1998 - 406 pages
...Hiawatha'' import Aborigines as Burke 's first mourners: Came the natives of the Forest - came the wild man of the Wood; Down they looked and saw the stranger - he who there in quiet slept Down thev knelt, and o'er the chieftain bitterlv they moaned and wept. Kendall later added a prologue which... | |
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