 Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, "My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles...  The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq - Page 121by Thomas Moore - 1825 - 6 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marie Bothmer (Gräfin von), Mary gräfin von Bothmer - 1870 - 428 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed Before its free-born spirit fled ! ' Be this,' she cried, as she winged her flight, ' My welcome gift at the gates of light....is, It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles amongst the bowers of bliss !'" YES, Theodor was dead ! and the grass grew above the young poet's grave... | |
 | John Watts De Peyster - 1870 - 582 pages
...glorious drop his heart had ahed. Before its freeborn spirit fled. ' Be this,' she cried, aa she, winged her flight, ' My welcome gift at the Gates of Light:...warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy la, It woujd not slain the purest rill That sparkles among the bowers of bliss 1 Oh! If there be on... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed Before its free-born spirit fled. " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....purest rill That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss. O, if there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation... | |
 | John Lipscomb Johnson - 1871 - 834 pages
...remembering this, my path is straight, cheerfully to death or gloriously to victory." " Though foul nre the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare,...purest rill That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss I Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering, Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1872 - 660 pages
...caught the lastLast glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-born spirit fled ! ' Be this,' she cried, as she wing'd her flight, ' My welcome...warfare, blood like this, For liberty shed, so holy is,1 It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles among the bowers of bliss ! Oh ! if there be,... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed. Before its free-born spirit fled ! " He this," she cried, as she winged e live. When winter conies are flown ; And be who...that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part. Bre ou this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tie the last libation liberty draws... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed Before his free-horn spirit fled I " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distill On the field of warfare,— blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...the Peri where he lay, And when the rush of war was past, Swiftly descending on a ray " H<! this, ' she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. Though foul arc the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, Wood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before his free-born spirit fled ! " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....purest rill, That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss ! O, if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'T is the last libation... | |
 | John Swain (Writer of Verse.) - 1877 - 436 pages
...the last — Last glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-born spirit fled ! " Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome...bliss ! Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, , A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds... | |
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