 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 424 pages
...forth to salute, not the living person, but the lifeless body, of his father.] "A lowly knee to earth he bent, — his father's hand he took— || || What...shook? || ] That hand was cold !|||| a frozen thing : — 1| || it dropped from his like lead !|||| He looked up to the face above — 1| the face was... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1845 - 382 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 in its touch that all his fiery spirit shook 1 That hand was cold — a frozen thing — it dropp'd from his like lead, — He look'd up to the... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 pages
...forth to salute, not the living person, but the lifeless body, of his father.] " A lowly knee to earth he bent, — his father's hand he took — || | What...there in its touch, that all his fiery spirit shook? || Tin! I hand was cold !|||| a frozen thing : — |||| it dropped from his like lead !|||[ He looked... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1846 - 398 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...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, — but... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...; He reach'd that gray-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...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 —... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 396 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...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, — but... | |
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...FATHER.] — Mrs. Hemans. " A lowly knee to earth he bent, — his father's hand he took — || j| What was there in its touch, that all his fiery spirit...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... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 400 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 in its touch that all his fiery spirit shook 1 That hand was cold — a frozen thing — it dropp'd from his like lead, — He look'd up to the... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...i 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...spirit shook? That hand was cold, a frozen thing ; it dropped from his like lead; He looked up toUhn face above ; the face was of the dead ; A plume waved... | |
 | 1848 - 310 pages
...HIS FATHER.] — Mrs. Hemans. "A lowly knee to earth he bent, — his father's hand he took — || j What was there in its touch, that all his fiery spirit...hand was cold ! || || a frozen thing : — || || it dropped from his like lead! H || He looked up to the face above — || the face was of the dead : ||... | |
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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... 
