the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng: Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors,... The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 187by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901Full view - About this book
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1856 - 772 pages
...with pensioners, and spoil* the iin»gn7crow-tor.'aa Milton calls it, which does not bloom till June. old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like Then there are the birds he mentions, and here we quote again from Mr. Lees :—' The birds that so... | |
| John Willis Clark, Joseph William Dunning - 1857 - 262 pages
...the town, but have preferred to take their long last sleep in this tranquil spot. CHAPTER XXIII. " Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town...thy pointed gables, like the rooks that round them throng."—LONGFELLOW. " Une terre qui est fatiguee de la gloire."—MADAME DE STAEL. THE voyage from... | |
| Ecclesiological society - 1859 - 900 pages
...developed themselves and bettered others. Bernard Palissy, Quintin Matsys, the men of Nurei nberg,— " Quaint old town of toil and traffic, Quaint old town of art and song , Memories haunt thy pointed gable i, Like the rooks that round them throng;" the weavers, Hargraves, Arkwright, and Crom j>ton... | |
| 1859 - 612 pages
...Barbarossa made him Burg-graf of the imperial free town of Niirnberg,—the famous and historic city. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art and song, Memories haunt thy rugged gables, like the rooks that round them throng! These Niirnberg citizens,—the citizens of one... | |
| 1859 - 318 pages
...monotony and sustains the stranger against the depressing effects of enLL s nui, for a considerable time. Quaint old town of toil and traffic, Quaint old town of art and song. Among the few modern buildings, the most conspicuous is Queen's College, and is distinguished, among... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands. and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town of art round them throng: Memories of the Middle Ages, when the emperors, rough and bold, Had their dwelling... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...violence is o'er ! " NUREMBERG. IN the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands Rise the blue Franconian Mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient,...bold, Had their dwelling in thy castle, time-defying, centuries old; And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth rhyme, That their great... | |
| Margaret Fuller - 1860 - 486 pages
...gloss on its contents. NUREMBERG. In the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow lands Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient, stands. Quaint old town of toil and traffic—quaint old town of art and song— Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks that... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 pages
...melodies of love arise. NUREMBERG-. Ix the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow-lands Rise the blue Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, the ancient,...bold, Had their dwelling in thy castle, time-defying, centuries old ; And thy brave and thrifty burghers boasted, in their uncouth That their great imperial... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 440 pages
...Franconian mountains, Nuremberg, Is the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad the ancient, stands. of art and song, Memories haunt thy pointed gables, like the rooks Quaint old town of toil and traffic, quaint old town that round them throng: Memories of the Middle... | |
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