 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 144 pages
...avalanche ! " 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...ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior ! i J • I * There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky,... | |
 | 1842 - 546 pages
...avalanche ' • 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...the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ica That banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! " There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless,... | |
 | 1842 - 682 pages
...avalanche !' This was the peasant's last good-night ; A voice replied, far op the height — Excelsior .' At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of...the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the frosty air — Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still... | |
 | 1842 - 694 pages
...avalanche !' 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...the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the frosty air — Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, '... | |
 | 1842 - 576 pages
...Excelsior ! "At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint Beniard Uttered the ofi-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air, Excelsior ! " A traveller, by the faithful hound, Hnlf-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device,... | |
 | 1842 - 544 pages
...avalanche!' 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 ofi-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air, Excelsior ! " A traveller, by the faithful... | |
 | 1853 - 684 pages
...avalanche !" This was the peasant's last good night ! A voice replied, far up tbe height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of...voice cried through the startled air. Excelsior ! A traveler, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in tbe snow was found, Still grasping in bis hand of ice... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...avalanche !" 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 the faithful... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 538 pages
...up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint BEHNAHD Ulter'd the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the...faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, 8till grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! Thcre, in the twilight... | |
 | Timothy Shay Arthur - 1845 - 908 pages
...avalanche !' This was the peasant's last good night, A voioe replied, far up the height, KxceUior ! ŤAt 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 traveler, by the faithful... | |
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There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star — Excelsior! 
