 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
 | Political ballads and songs - 1858 - 84 pages
...published by Firth, Hall tk Pond, XY) The shades of night were felling fast, As through an Alpine Tillage passed 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... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...mortals*, and yet be precious in the sight of Heaven\ LESSON XXIII. EXCELSIOR. BY H. TV. LONGFELLOW. 1. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with a strange device, — Excelsior ! 2. His... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...that smile, like sunshine, dart Into many a sunless heart, For a smile of God thou art. EXCELSIOE. 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. Lonyfellotc. EXCBLSIOIl.1 " Onward and upward." THE shades of night were falling fast, As through...device, "Excelsior!" His brow was sad ; his eye beneath Mashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown... | |
 | John Mather Austin - 1859 - 268 pages
...with peace and joy. I exhort the young to adopt the noble motto of the coat-of-arma of New York— " EXCELSIOR !" " The shades of night were falling fast,...and ice, A banner with the strange device, EXCELSIOR !" Let it be the aim of every youth to lift aloft this glorious banner, and soar upward to a surpassing... | |
 | Jane Anne Winscom - Brothers and sisters - 1859 - 352 pages
...This is a favourite, is it not ? " and her clear voice commenced Longfellow's beautiful poem : — " The shades of night were falling fast, As through...and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! Excelsior ! " " Everybody likes that song," said the bright-eyed Gertrude ; " but I own it puzzles... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...this commonweal, Till the vast temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. EXCELSIOR. The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village pass'd A youth, who bore 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - Recitations - 1860 - 530 pages
...us knit Hearts and hands together, Where our fireside comforts sit, Ex. HI— EXCELSIOR. LONOFXLLOW. THE shades of night were falling fast, As through...Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household tires gleam warm and bright Above, the spectral glaciers shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan,... | |
 | Herbert Cahoon, Thomas V. Lange, Charles Ryskamp - Antiques & Collectibles - 1977 - 262 pages
...fast,/ As through an , ,,. ' . , .. . .„ . . . , , , , ., , a falltng star, Excelstor! Alptne vtllage passed, / A youth who bore, mid snow and ice, / A banner with the strange device / Excelsior! / Henry W . Longfellow. 34 : ^ i **• 1 4 -i, -. •> J* ^ Oí •< с« ч Г i и , 1 • < Ы V... | |
 | Donald Hall - American poetry - 1985 - 266 pages
...you forever, Yes, forever and a day, Till the walls shall crumble to ruin, And moulder in dust away! Excelsior The shades of night were falling fast, As...ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior! And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! In happy homes he saw... | |
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