 In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!" the old man said; "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 327edited by - 1850Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 882 pages
...like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion ning Tho accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household...wide!'' And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! " O, stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon this breast !" A tear stood in his bright... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household...!" And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! " O stay," the maiden said, " and rest Thy weary head upon this breast !" A tear stood in his bright... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! 479 In happy homes he saw ihe light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above,...!" And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! "O, stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!" A tear stood in his bright... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household...Excelsior ! " Try not the pass," the old man said, " Dark low'rs the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide." And loud that clarion voice replied,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Above, the spectral glaciers shone. And from his lips...overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and wide ''' And load that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! " O, stay," the maiden said, " and rest Thy weary head... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...like a falchion from its sheath And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household...shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior 1 " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said , " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent... | |
 | Political ballads and songs - 1858 - 84 pages
...a falchion from its sheath ; And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue — EXCELSIOR ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household...glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan — Exc KI.SIOII t " Dark lowers the tempest overhead, " Try not the pass !" the old man said, The... | |
 | Europe - 1884 - 670 pages
...from its sheath: And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! 3. [n happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam...shone, And from his lips escaped a groan. Excelsior! uf TO. Dtefe brei 45tvopb,en tauten im Pidgin-Euglisli folgenbermafeen: I. That nightey time begin... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1858 - 480 pages
...from its sheath, And like a silver' clarion rung The accenfe of thaTunknown tongue, Excelsior ! 3. In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires...and bright , Above, the spectral glaciers* shone, 5Cnd from his lipiTescaped a groan, Excelsior ! — 4 " Try not the pass ! " the old man said, " Dark... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above, the spectralglaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior ! " Try not the pass," the old... | |
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