 Brief, brave, and glorious was his young career, — His mourners were two hosts, his friends and foes; And fitly may the stranger lingering here Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number,...  Belgium and the Rhine - Page 161by David Bogue - 1852 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 358 pages
...hete Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number, who had not o'erstept The charter to chastise which she bestows On snch as wield her weapous; he had kept The whiteness of his sonl, and thus men o'er him wept l2). LV1II.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champion, — one of those, The few in number, who had not o'erstept The charter to chastise...whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.' a LVffl. Here Ehrenbreitstein," with her shatter'd wall, Black with the miner's blast, upon her height... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champion, — one of those, The few in number, who had not o'erstept The charter to chastise...whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.' a Lvm. Here Ehrenbreitstein," with her shatter'd wall, Black with the miner's blast, upon her height... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - Belgium - 1833 - 416 pages
...repose; For he was Fredom's champion — one of those, The few in number, who had not o'er-stepped The charter to chastise which she bestows On such...whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept." A long inscription commemorates some facts of his life and death, by which we learn that he was a general... | |
 | 1833 - 348 pages
...bright repose; For he was Fredom's champion—one of those, The few in number, who had not o'er-stepped The charter to chastise which she bestows On such as wield her weapons: he had kept The whiteness of hU soul, and thus men o'er him wept." A long inscription commemorates some facts of his life and death,... | |
 | Leitch Ritchie - Belgium - 1833 - 384 pages
...repose ; For he was Fredom's champion — one of those, The few in number, who had not o'er.stepped The charter to chastise which she bestows On such...as wield her weapons : he had kept The whiteness of hi* soul, and thus men o'er him wept." A long inscription commemorates some facts of his life and death,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1834 - 574 pages
...Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number, who had not o'erstept The charter to chastise,...whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept." ' The volume closes with another striking contrast, in the biography of that extraordinary personage,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number, who had not o'erstept The charter to chastise which she bestows On such as wield her weapons; hehadkept[wept.(') » The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him LVIII. Here Ehrenbreitstein(1),... | |
 | 1836 - 808 pages
...linten Olympi," we may at least confidently assert, that, as far as human testimony can go, " He bad kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept." — Cfc. Har. iii. 57. In corroboration of which, we liave ant specimens of that genuine Irish plant... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...bright repose; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number, who had not o'erstrpt The charter to chastise which she bestows On such...whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. (I) LVI1I. Here Ehrenbreitstein,(2) with her shatler'd wall Black with the miner's blast, upon her... | |
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