 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless ; and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air ; Horn came, and went — and came and brought no day, And men forgot their passions in the dread Of... | |
 | Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...the chief his haughty stare, His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before. " Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." Sir Roderick marked — and in his eyes Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...The bright sun was extinguished, — and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Raylcss, and pathless — and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air ; Morn came, and went — and came, and brought no day, And men forgot their passions in the dread... | |
 | Dialogues - 1839 - 544 pages
...(King James starts back a little, then draws his sword and places his back against the rock.) James. Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base, as soon as I. (Roderic waves his hand, and the soldiers retire.) Rod. Fear not, nay, that I need not say, But doubt... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Frontier and pioneer life - 1839 - 332 pages
...seams of his newest 'prentice, and he cast magnanimous glances round the assembly, as who should say— Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I ! Though the rock was but slenderly represented by Mrs. Jenkins's bureau, against which he leaned.... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - American literature - 1839 - 366 pages
...of his newest 'prentice, and he cast magnanimous glances round the assembly, as who should sayCome one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I ! Though the rock was but slenderly represented by Mrs. Jenkins's bureau, against which he leaned.... | |
 | James Stanley Grimes - Phrenology - 1839 - 346 pages
...' The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air. ****** A fearful hope was all the world contained: Forests were set on fire; but, hour by hour, They... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Table-talk - 1840 - 290 pages
...NJ b. viii. c. xxxii. " His back against a rock he bot3, And firmly placed his foot before : — ' Come one ! Come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I !' " SCOTT — Lady of the Lake, cv st. x. 9. " But his gaunt frame was worn with toil ; His cheek... | |
 | Joseph Robertson - Table-talk - 1840 - 286 pages
...WYNTOWN, b. viii. c. xxxii. " His back against a rock he bore, And firmly placed his foot before : — ' Come one ! Come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I !' " SCOTT — Lady of the Lake, cv st. x. 9. " But his gaunt frame was worn with toil ; His cheek... | |
 | 1841 - 488 pages
...resolute as that of the stalworth opponent of Roderic Dhu, when he shouted to his ambushed foes : " Come one, come all ; this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I." We were still unable to get a sight at the creature itself; but could perceive, by the direction of... | |
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I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander, darkling, in the eternal space, Rayless and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air... 
