 | 1840 - 452 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...its touch that all his fiery spirit shook ?— That harid was cold — a frozen thing — it dropped from his like lead — He looked up to the face above,... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1842 - 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 —... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 352 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...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... | |
 | Quaver - 1844 - 552 pages
...cheeks' hue came and went, He reached that gray-haired chieftain's side, and there 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 dropped from his like lead ; He looked up to the face above, the face was of the dead ; A plume waved... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 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... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 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...touch that all his fiery spirit shook ? That hand was cold,—a frozen thing,—it dropped from his like lead,— He looked up to the face above,—the face... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...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 o'er the noble brow, — the brow was fixed and white ;— He met at last his father's eyes,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...; He rcach'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 hie father's eyes —... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...He reach'd 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...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... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 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...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... | |
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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... 
