The League of the Alps: The Siege of Valencia, the Vespers of Palermo, and Other PoemsHilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1826 - 480 pages |
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... proud , and tameless , laughing Fear to scorn ! It well might be ! -Young Erni's step had worn The mantling snows on their most regal steeps , And track'd the lynx above the clouds of morn , And follow'd where the flying chamois leaps ...
... proud , and tameless , laughing Fear to scorn ! It well might be ! -Young Erni's step had worn The mantling snows on their most regal steeps , And track'd the lynx above the clouds of morn , And follow'd where the flying chamois leaps ...
Page 57
... a leader in the land ; - " Now haste , Bernardo , haste ! for there , in very truth , is he , The father whom thy faithful heart hath yearn'd so long to see . " His dark eye flash'd , his proud breast heav'd , BERNARDO DEL CARPIO . 57.
... a leader in the land ; - " Now haste , Bernardo , haste ! for there , in very truth , is he , The father whom thy faithful heart hath yearn'd so long to see . " His dark eye flash'd , his proud breast heav'd , BERNARDO DEL CARPIO . 57.
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... proud breast heav'd , —his cheek's hue came and went , — He reach'd that grey - hair'd chieftain's side , and there dismounting bent , A lowly knee to earth he bent , his father's hand he took- What was there in its touch that all his ...
... proud breast heav'd , —his cheek's hue came and went , — He reach'd that grey - hair'd chieftain's side , and there dismounting bent , A lowly knee to earth he bent , his father's hand he took- What was there in its touch that all his ...
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... Like floating gossamer . We saw her proud flag struck that morn , A star once o'er the seas- Her anchor gone , her deck uptorn , And sadder things than these . We saw her treasures cast away- The rocks with pearls 9 65 The Wreck.
... Like floating gossamer . We saw her proud flag struck that morn , A star once o'er the seas- Her anchor gone , her deck uptorn , And sadder things than these . We saw her treasures cast away- The rocks with pearls 9 65 The Wreck.
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... proudly o'er thy burial rite , On thy crown'd bier to slumber warriors bore thee , And with true hearts thy brethren of the fight Wept as they vail'd their drooping banners o'er thee ; And the deep guns with rolling peal gave token ...
... proudly o'er thy burial rite , On thy crown'd bier to slumber warriors bore thee , And with true hearts thy brethren of the fight Wept as they vail'd their drooping banners o'er thee ; And the deep guns with rolling peal gave token ...
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ANSELMO art thou banner bear beneath blood brave breast breath breeze bright bright land brow burst call'd cloud Conradin CONSTANCE dark dead death deep didst doth dreams e'en earth ELMINA ERIBERT Ev'n faded faint fair fair brow falchion father fearful flowers fount gaze glance gleam gloom glorious glory GONZALEZ grave hath hear heard heart Heaven HERNANDEZ hour hush'd joyous Lake of Lucerne land light lone look look'd midst mighty mirth MONTALBA Moorish night noble o'er pale pass'd pour'd PROCIDA proud Provençal RAIMOND rest Rio verde round scene seem'd shades shadows shining SICILIANS Sicily silent sleep slumber smile soft song soul sound Spain speak spears spirit stars storm streams strong sweet sword tears thee thine things thou art Thou hast thought tomb tone unto Valencia VITTORIA voice wave weep wild wind wouldst XIMENA young youth