 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...And to hang the old sword in its place (my father's sword and mine) For the honor of old Bingeu, — dear Bingen on the Rhine. " There's another, — not...that sparkled in her eye; Too innocent for coquetry, — too fond for idle scorning, — 0 friend! I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning!... | |
 | 1844 - 468 pages
...(my father's sword and mine,y For the honor of old Bingen, — dear Bingen on the Rhine \ " There 's another — not a sister ; — in the happy days gone...You'd have known her by the merriment that sparkled inner eye; Too innocent for coquetry— too fond for idle scorning, — Oh ! friend, I fear the lightest... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1845 - 788 pages
...with boyish love I hung it where the bright light used to shine, On the cottage-wall at Bingen, calm Bingen on the Rhine. * * * * ' There's another —...that sparkled in her eye ; Too innocent for coquetry, — too fond for idle scanning, — Oh ! friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest... | |
 | 1846 - 460 pages
...her in my name, To listen to him kindly, without regret or shame ; And to hang the old sword in its place (my father's sword and mine). For the honor...that sparkled in her eye ; Too innocent for coquetry — too fond for idle scorning — Oh ! friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest... | |
 | 1847 - 300 pages
...regret or shame; And to hang the old sword in its place, ("my father's sword and mine), For the honour of old Bingen, — dear Bingen on the Rhine ! "There's...that sparkled in her eye ; Too innocent for coquetry, — too fond for idle scorning,— Oh friend! — I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest... | |
 | George Washington Bethune - 1848 - 526 pages
...regret or shame ; And to hang the old sword in its place, (my father's sword and mine,) For the honour of old Bingen, — dear Bingen on the Rhine ! " There's...another — not a sister ; in the happy days gone by, You 'd have known her by the merriment that sparkled in her eye; Too innocent for coquetry, — too... | |
 | 1851 - 88 pages
...eye, For her brother was a soldier, too, and not afraid to die! Tell her to hang the old sword in its place, my father's sword and mine, For the honor of old Bingen, dear Bingen on the Rhine. There's another—not a sister—in the happy days gone by, Too innocent for coquetry, too fond for idle scorning,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pages
...her in my name To listen to him kindly, without regret and shame ; And to hang the old sword in its place — (my father's sword and mine), For the honor of old Bingen — dear Bingen on the Rhine ! " There 'a another, — not a sister, — in happy days gone by, You 'd have known her by the merriment... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...her in my name To listen to him kindly, without regret and shame ; And to hang the old sword in its place — (my father's sword and mine), For the honor of old Bingen — dear Bingen on the Rhine ! " There 's another, — not a sister, — in happy days gone by, You 'd have known her by the merriment... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - 610 pages
...ask her in my name, To listen to him kindly, Without regret or shame, And hang the old sword in its place, (My father's sword and mine,) For the honor of old Bingen, Dear Bingen on the Rhine. " There 's another, not a sister — In the happy days gone by You 'd have known her by the merriment... | |
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But to look upon them proudly, with a calm and steadfast eye, For her brother was a soldier too, and not afraid to die; And if a comrade seek her love, I ask her in my name To listen to him kindly, without regret or shame, And to hang the old sword in... 
