 Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. "Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow; Oft through the forest dark Followed the were-wolf's bark, Until the...  Poems - Page 43by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 413 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 650 pages
...disallowed, with " a dead man's curse," and then proceeds, without further preface, to relate the tale. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand,...half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. " Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1841 - 564 pages
...' I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga laught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse,...dread a dead man's curse! For this I sought thee. Relates the courage aiid adventure* ' Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, wilh... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
..." I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse,...half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. " Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare... | |
 | 1842 - 606 pages
...River : I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse,...Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the gcr-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, "J Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
 | 1842 - 620 pages
...disallowed, with " a dead man's curse," and then proceeds, without further preface, to relate the tale. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand,...half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. " Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...ourselves with one or two extracts, taken at random. The opening of the knight's story is very fine : " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand,...half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare... | |
 | 1842 - 600 pages
...River : I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse,...dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. Far 5n the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, 1, with my childish hand, , Tamed the ger-faleon... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 642 pages
...opening of the knight's story is very fine : " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, 1, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And...half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...' I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse,...half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. "'Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...And, like the water's flow Under Decemher's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber: "Far in the northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand,...childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skate! feat bonnd, Skimm'd the half-frozen Sound, That the pdor, whimpering hound Trembled to walk... | |
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