 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...voice cried through ttie startled air, Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand...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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...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 snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device,... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 pages
...A voice cried through the startled air, Excelsior ! " A traveler, by the faithful bound Half buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange devîceT Excelsior ! « There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from... | |
 | Lydia Maria Child - 1845 - 520 pages
...of being happy; no very great improvement upon old Silenus, with his troop of bacchanals and satyrs. "And from the sky serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior." I find it not easy to come away from that steepleharmony to this city of turmoil and traffic. I will... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...A voice cried through the startled air, Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand...far, A voice fell, like a falling star,. Excelsior ! A PSALM OF LIFE. Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream ! For the soul is dead... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...far up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of St. Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the...air, 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,... | |
 | 208 pages
...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...There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beatiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and fair, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excslsior !... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air, Excelsior ! A traveler, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was...twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, V.nd from the sky, serene and far, . voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! HW LONGFELLOW LESSON... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 pages
...Uttered the oft repeated prayer, A voice cried through the starled air, — EXCELSIOR ! 7. A traveler, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was...That banner with the strange device, — EXCELSIOR ! 8. There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky serene... | |
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This was the peasant's last Good-night, 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... 
