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" His dark eye flashed, his proud breast heaved, his cheek's hue came and went; He reached that gray-haired 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... "
The League of the Alps: The Seige of Valencia, The Vespers of Palermo, and ... - Page 58
by Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1826 - 480 pages
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The English Orator: a Selection of Pieces for Reading & Recitation

James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...the face above— The face was of the dead! A plume waved o'er the noble brow — The brow was fix'd and white;. — He met at last his father's eyes —...
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The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber, and Pollok

Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 526 pages
...went; He reached that gray-haired chieftain's side, and there, dismounting, bent; A lowly knee to earth he bent, his father's hand he took, — What was there...shook? That hand was cold — a frozen thing — it dropped from his like lead. — He looked up to the face above — the face was of the dead! A plume...
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Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ...

Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...! 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...all His fiery spirit shook? That hand was cold — a fro/en thing — It dropp'd from his like lead — He look'd up to the face above — The face was...
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The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber and Pollok: Complete in One Volume

Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1834 - 512 pages
...went; He reached that gray-haired chieftain's side, and there, dismounting, bent; A lowly knee to earth he bent, his father's hand he took, — What was there...shook? That hand was cold — a frozen thing — it dropped from his like lead. — He looked up to the face above — the face was of the dead ! A plume...
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The American Orator's Own Book: Or, The Art of Extemporaneous Public ...

1836 - 362 pages
...— He reached that grey-haired chieftain's side, and there dismounting bent, A lowly knee to earth he bent, his father's hand he took — What was there...spirit shook? — That hand was cold — a frozen tiiing — it dropped from his like lead — He looked up to the face above, — the face was of the...
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The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans: Complete in One Volume

Mrs. Hemans - 1836 - 472 pages
...spirit shook 1 'hat hand was cold — a frozen thing— it dropped from his like lead. — le looked up to the face above — the face was of the dead! A plume waved o'er the noble brow — the brow1 was fixed and white ; — 4e met at last his father's eyes...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections from the Works ...

1838 - 332 pages
...gray-hnir'd chieftain's side, and there dismounting bent, A lowly knee to earth he bent, his father's hand hs took — What was there in its touch that all his...He look'd up to the face above, — the face was of tie dead — A plume waved o'er the noble brow — the brow was fix'd and white — He met at last...
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The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir by Her Sister, and an Essay on Her ...

Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 350 pages
...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...the face above — the face was of the dead! A plume waved o'er the noble brow — the brow was fix'd and white ; — He met at last his father's eyes —...
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The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir by Her Sister, and an Essay on Her ...

Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 360 pages
...; 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...He look'd up to the face above — the face was of A plume waved o'er the noble brow — the brow was fix'd and white; — He met at last his father's...
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The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir by Her Sister, and an Essay on Her ...

Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 618 pages
...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...He look'd up to the face above — the face was of A plume waved o'er the noble brow — the brow was fix'd and white; — He met at last his father's...
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