 THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior! His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver...  Class-book of English Poetry - Page 79by English poetry - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 374 pages
...beautifully represented under the figure of a noble youth, climbing the lofty Alps at the close of day.] 1. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through...ice, A banner with the strange device, — Excelsior ! 2. His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...light of a star falling from the clime he had gained — all, all, is exquisitely beautiful: — " EXCELSIOR. " The shades of night were falling fast,...'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device — 1 Excelsior !' " His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath ; And... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...work alone ; For, while the worlds about the sun revolve, God's heart and mind are ever with his own. EXCELSIOR! The shades of night were falling fast,...youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with this strange device— Excelsior ! His brow was sad—his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...brooklet's swift advance, On the river's broad expanse !" EXCELSIOR. ENGRAVED BY W. HUMPHRYS. 1 A V" nh who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior !" Miftiilaneous Forms, p. 76. NUREMBERG, DER SCHOEN BRUNNEN. ENGRAVED BY W. HUMPHRYS. 1 Everywhere... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...seal ; And that smile, like sunshine, dart Into many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. EXCELSIOR THE shades of night were falling fast, As...beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And lite a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 pages
...house became more a scene of real business, than ol airy display and angry vituperation. ANOXTMOOS. " EXCELSIOR " THE shades of night were falling fast,...his eye, beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its gheutli • And like a silver clarion rung The accents 6f that unknown tongue, "Excelsior!" In happy... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 398 pages
...approve. Such to parents are a treasure, Life with them is always pleasure. llth Week. SATURDAY. Poetry. EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast,...His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...it boots not to look backwards. Forwards ! forwards ! forwards ! should be one's motto." — Arnold. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through...His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior... | |
 | Christian literature, English - 1851 - 344 pages
...Lord, And with untired humility forbore To speed their errands by the wings they wore. Wordsworth. EXCELSIOR. THE shades of night were falling fast,...ice, A banner, with the strange device, Excelsior ! Hie brow was sad; his eye beneath Flashed like a fauichion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1851 - 88 pages
...the progress of the soul In a higher sphere. (Set to music and puUisJuid by Firth, Hall & Pond, N. K) The shades of night were falling fast, As through...A youth who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with this strange device—EXCELSIOR ! His brow was sad, his eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its... | |
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