 | J H. Aitken - 1853 - 378 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...spirit shook ? That hand was cold, a frozen thing, It dropt from his, like lead : He look'd up to the face above — The face was of the dead. A plume waved... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 396 pages
...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 1 A plume... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1853 - 596 pages
...went [ing, bent ; He reach'd that grey-hairM chieftain's side, and there dismountA lowly knee to earth he bent, his father's hand he took, — What was there...fiery spirit shook ? That hand was cold— a frozen thing—it dropp'd from his like lead, — He look'd up to the face above — the face was of the dead... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...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 to the face above ; the face was of the dead ; A plume waved... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1855 - 442 pages
...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 his fiery spirit shook? A plume waved o'er the noble brow; that brow was fixed and white, He met at length his father's eyes,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1855 - 620 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 in its touch that all bis fiery spirit shook? That hand was cold— a frozen thing— it dropped from his like lead,— He... | |
 | William Russell - 1855 - 310 pages
...|| 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 waved o'er the noble brow —|| that brow was fixed and white: I| || He met, at last, his father's... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1857 - 356 pages
...cheek's blood came and went ; He reach'd that grey-hair'd chieftain's side, and 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 Stillman Hillard - 1857 - 242 pages
...; 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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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... 
