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" A voice replied, far up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the... "
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: With Numerous Illustrations - Page 42
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1887 - 348 pages
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The New York Review, Volumes 1-10

1842 - 576 pages
...Excelsior ! " A traveller, by the faithful hound, Hnlf-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior!...far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior !" '' The Goblet of Life," like the poem above quoted, possesses merit of a superior order. But, as...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...Excelsior ! . A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior...far, A voice fell, like a falling star ! Excelsior ! THE RAINY DAY. THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The...
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Ballads and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
...Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior...far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! END. :OCT TO 1935 ^ ^k ...
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Ballads and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 144 pages
...found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior ! i J • I * There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but...far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! END. SAY 1 ...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...Excelsior ! A traveler, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior...far, A voice fell, like a falling star ! Excelsior ! THE EXILE AT REST. BY JOHN PIERPONT. His falchion flash'd along the Nile ; His hosts he led through...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior...far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! END. POEMS ON SLAVERY. ON SLAVERY, HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. CAMBRIDGE: PUBLISHED BY JOHN OWEN....
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...Excelsior ! A traveler, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior...serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star I Excelsior I THE EXILE AT REST. BY JOHN PIERPONT. His falchion flash'd along the Nile ; His hosts...
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The Common School Speaker: A New Collection of Original and Selected Pieces ...

William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior...far, A voice fell, like a falling star ! Excelsior ! LESSON LXXVIII. THE LAKE OF THE DISMAL SWAMP. The following Legend, or Doubtful Narrative, was written...
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Gems from the American Poets: With Brief Biographical Notices

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior!...serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star ! CEORGE LOOT. THE author of "The Age of Gold," " The Grave of Byron," " Life," and other poetical...
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Life, by ***.

Life - 1844 - 286 pages
...patient, charitable, mild, and devoted to the duties of his calling. CHAPTER XVIII. PERKINS' GRAVE. " There, in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but...serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star ;" Exceliior. PERKINS' span was fast drawing to its close : it was clear he soon must die ; — yes,...
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