 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
 | Thomas Davis - 1854 - 268 pages
...friends and foes , For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number, who had not outstep*" The charter to chastise which she bestows On such...whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Byron R. OUIOHXAD, Printer and Stereotrper '> f. ' CONTENTS. PAGR INTRODUCTION, BY JOHN MITCHEL . .... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he was freedom's champion, one of those, The few @ @@A" Tbe whiteness of bis soul, and thus men o'er him wept.1" LVIII. Here Ehrenbreitstcin,'3 with her shattcr'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 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...kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept.1 1 The monument of the young and lamented General Marceau (killed by a rifle-hall at Alterkirchen,... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...crag of Drachenfels Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine. Childe Harold — Continued. Stanza 57. He had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Stanza 92. The sky is changed ! and such a change ! O night, And storm, and darkness ! ye are wondrous... | |
 | George Musgrave Musgrave - Dauphiné (France) - 1857 - 340 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." He was killed by a rifle ball at Alterkirchen on the Rhine, on the eve of the present century. The... | |
 | Thomas Davis - English poetry - 1857 - 274 pages
...Mends and foe*; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few in number, who had not: oatstept The charter to chastise which she bestows On such as wield her weapons. He had kept The whiteueu of hlj soul, and thaa men o'er him wept. Baron. D0BLINI PBDTTEn BY PATTlSON JOLLY, l2, Anglosua-atreet.... | |
 | John Brown - Arctic regions Discovery and exploration British - 1858 - 506 pages
...career ; And fitly may the stranger, lingering here, Pray for his gallant spirit's bright repose ; For he had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept." " De Bray leaves with the good will and good wishes of all officers and men ; he has done this service... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...bright repose ; For he was Freedom's champion, one of those, The few In number, who had not o'erstcpt t drain. The foremost Tartar's in the gap, Conspicuous...lengthening line the while Wind slowly through the * Lvm. Here Ehrenbreitstcin ', with her shatter'd wall Black with the miner's blast, upon her height... | |
 | Thomas M. Gemmell - 1859 - 202 pages
...here Fray 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...bestows On such as wield her weapons; he had kept The whitenesss of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept. Here Ehrenbreitstein, with her shatter'd wall Black... | |
 | John Robinson Tait - Europe - 1859 - 172 pages
...Lamenting and jet envying such a doom. ******* 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 yield her weapons ; he had kept The whiteness of his soul, and thus men o'er him wept." It stands near... | |
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