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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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Poetical Works

Mrs. Hemans - 1863 - 410 pages
...and there, dismounting, bent ; A. lowly knee to earth he bent, his father's haud he took, — Vhat was there in its touch that all his fiery spirit shook...cold — a frozen thing — it dropp'd from his like lead,He look'd up to the face abo e — the face was of the dead ! A plume waved o'er the noble brow...
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The advanced reader

Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...dismounting His dark eye flashed, his proud breast heaved, his cheek's blood 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 was...
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise on Elocution, Exercises in ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1863 - 614 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 in its touch that all His fiery spirit shook! v. TLat hand was cold — a frozen thing,-, -it dropp'd from his like lead! He look'd up to the face...
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The Fifth Reader: For the Use of Public and Private Schools

George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...[bent ; He reached that gray-haired chieftain's side, and, there dismounting, A lowly knee to earth he bent, his father's hand he took — What was there in its tonch that all his fiery spirit shook ? 5. That hand was cold ! a frozen thing ! — it dropped from...
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Songs of the Affections

Mrs. Hemans - 1866 - 152 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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Progressive Readers: A Class Book for the Use of Advanced Pupils ..., Issue 5

John Epy Lovell - 1866 - 568 pages
...He reached that gray-haired chieftain's side, and there, dismounting, bent; A lowly knee to earth ho bent, his father's hand he took, — What was there...shook ? That hand was cold — a frozen thing — it dropped from his like lead — lie looked up to the face above — the face was of the dead ! A plume...
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Poetical readings and recitations, by R. and T. Armstrong

Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll) - 1866 - 142 pages
...went; 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...touch that all his 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...
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on ...

Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 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 ? 1 Bernardo del Carpio, a celebra- release. Alphouso therefore offered ted Spanish champion, after...
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The American Union Speaker: Containing Standard and Recent Selections in ...

John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 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 b,is fiery spirit shook ? That hand was cold — a frozen thing — it dropped from his like lead!...
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Orthophony, Or The Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution: A Manual of ...

William Russell - 1868 - 310 pages
...FATHER.] — Mrs. Hemcins. "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 shook ? || H That hand was cold ! || || a frozen thing : — || || it dropped from his like lead! || || He...
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