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" THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior... "
The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 40
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 417 pages
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...thy lips the smile of truth. O, that dew, like halm, shall steal Into wounds, that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ; And that smile, like...many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. THE BELFRY OF BRUGES. CAEILLON. IN the ancient town of Bruges, In the quaint old Flemish city, As the...
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Our life illustrated by pen and pencil [an anthology].

Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...lips the smile of truth. M Oh, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ; And that smile, like...many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. A MOTHER'S COUNSELS. DAUGHTER, the Book Divine, To which we turn for aid, When prosperous skies unclouded...
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A Compendium of American Literature, Chronologically Arranged: With ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 pages
...thy lips the smile of truth. Oh, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ; And that smile, like...many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. THE WARNING. Beware ! The Israelite of old, who tore The lion in his path, — when, poor and blind,...
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A first (A second) course of English composition

John Hugh Hawley - 1865 - 166 pages
...feet 28.— EXCELSIOR. I. The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with...— Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flash'd like a falchion from its sheath ; And like a silver clarion, rung The accents of that unknown...
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Words from the poets. Selected [by C.M. Vaughan] for the use of parochial ...

Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...and the snow ! Christ save us all from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! Longfellow. EXCELSIOR. The shades of night were falling fast,...His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
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Progressive Readers: A Class Book for the Use of Advanced Pupils ..., Issue 5

John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...the prize of painting, Lorenzo was entitled to that of virtue. MRS. ANNA LETITIA "BARBACLD. XXX.— "EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast,...ice, A banner, with the strange "device Excelsior I His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a "falchion from its sheath ; And like a silver...
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Pen and pencil pictures from the poets

Pen and pencil pictures - 1866 - 176 pages
...saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own MKSSIAH reigns. x с elsio r. -ONGFELLOW. HE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine...'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, |s> Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like...
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Evangeline: Courtship of Miles Standish. Favorite Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 300 pages
...that magic wand. EXCELSIOR. g O, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds, that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ; And that smile, like...sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. EXCELSIOR. HE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore mid snow...
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Poetical readings and recitations, by R. and T. Armstrong

Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 pages
...Norman's Woe. EXCELSIOR THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with...device— "Excelsior!" His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flash'd like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown...
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The Standard Fifth Reader for Public and Private Schools: Containing a ...

Epes Sargent - 1867 - 540 pages
...which came not before Cromwell slept in his grave. HNGARD. EXCELSIOE. 285 CXXXIH. — EXCELSIOR. 1. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through...and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! 2. His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver...
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