 | 1900 - 730 pages
...1776, and occupied it for about eight months. Of this event Longfellow many years afterwards wrote: "Once, ah, once, within these walls One whom memory...dwelt; And yonder meadows broad and damp. The fires of a besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt." —Prom "To a Child." But to return to my visit: I... | |
 | 1901 - 660 pages
...aud others, speak a tender remembrance of the happy associations clustering around the old mansion. "Once, ah, once, within these walls. One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country dwelt." "Up and down these echoing stairs. Heavy with the weight of cares Sounded his majestic tread; Yes,... | |
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Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. 
