...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 ! 1. Excelsior is a Latin word, meaning " higher," and the moral of this poem is the same as Montgomery's...

...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! Longfellow (American Poet.) SNOWDROPS. How beautiful are these I Thy first fair works, O Nature! what...

...by the faithful hound, Half buried in the snow, was found, Still grasping, in his hand of ice, The banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! There,...far, A voice fell, like a falling star, — Excelsior ! ANONYMOUS. A FARMER once to London went, To pay the worthy squire his rent. He comes, he knocks ;...

...hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the etrange device, Excelsior! There, in the twilight cold and...serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, PLEASANT PAGES A JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTION FOR THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOL. 12th Week. MONDAY. Moral Biography....

...found, Still grasping in his hand of ice, That banner, with the strange device — Excelsior ! Then, in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless but beautiful...far, A voice fell like a falling star — Excelsior ! LONGFELLOW. It thunders ! but I tremble not ; My trust is firm in God, His arm of strength I ever...

...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 ! CARILLON. IN the ancient town of Bruges, In the quaint old Flemish city, As the evening shades descended,...

...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 ! 37. TO THE RAINBOW. — Thomas Campbell. TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare...

...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...from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a &lling star, Excelsior ! 37. TO THE RAINBOW. — Tliomai Campbelt. TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the...

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...— yea, nobly falls — into the treacherous snow-drift, and "There in the twilight, cold and*gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay ; And from the sky,...far, A voice fell, like a falling star, Excelsior ! " From the summit of human attainment on earth, he had gone to dwell in the blessed heaven of God....