he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts beat but once, and forever lay still!" The French and Latin elements of our language, of course, have their place The R.I. Schoolmaster - Página 201858Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Leroy Jones Halsey - 1860 - 460 páginas
...strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved and for ever grew still." What a lesson to haughty ambition did that memorable morning... | |
| Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 páginas
...strown. For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed: And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! And there lay the steed, with his nostril all wide, But through... | |
| Matthew Harrison - 1861 - 408 páginas
...on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd; And the eyes o* the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill, And their hearts beat but once, and forever lay still. "And there lay the steed with his nostrils all wide, And through them there roll'd not the breath of... | |
| John Cumming - 1862 - 550 páginas
...a man— " The angel of death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still.' A greater than he, Dr. Chalmers, in his " Astronomical Discourses,"... | |
| William J. Allinson - 1862 - 84 páginas
...thoughts. But, " the angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe, as he passed, And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and forever grew still." The morning rose upon one hundred and eighty-five thousand... | |
| Henry Howard Brownell - 1862 - 588 páginas
...hand. "For the Angel of Death spread his wings to the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever were still." Senacherib returned discomfited to Nineveh, and while worshipping... | |
| John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 páginas
...strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still ! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through... | |
| Playtime - 1863 - 436 páginas
...strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed ; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever were still. THE BLACK KNIGHT. And there lay the steed with his nostrils... | |
| Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 páginas
...strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still. And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through... | |
| John Hugh Hawley - 1865 - 166 páginas
...poem. Died 1823. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed; And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill, And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide, But through... | |
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