 Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. " Far in the Northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound,...  The Normal Course in Reading - Page 213by Emma J. Todd - 1890Full view - About this book
 | 1842 - 650 pages
...curse," and then proceeds, without further preface, to relate the tale. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand,...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... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1842 - 578 pages
...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, I, with my childish hand,...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 148 pages
...tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand,...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... | |
 | 1842 - 620 pages
...curse," and then proceeds, without further preface, to relate the tale. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand,...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 1842 - 498 pages
...was a " Viking old !" and would in his boyhood tame the ger-falcon. And, with my skates fast bound, Skimmed the half-frozen sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. This is a fine winter picture of the hound shuddering on the edge of the ice, and its introduction... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...Baltic's strand, 1, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-faicon; And, with my skates fast bound, Sklmm'd the half-frozen Sound, That the poor, whimpering hound Trembled to walk on." And, proceeding with hia " strange, eventful history," the spectre Norseman tells how he wooed a maiden,... | |
 | 1842 - 606 pages
...the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. Far in the Northern Land, By the wild 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand,...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 pages
...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, I, with my 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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