 And there they stand, as stands a lofty mind, Worn, but unstooping to the baser crowd, All tenantless, save to the crannying wind, Or holding dark communion with the cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles pass'd...  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Page 871835Full view - About this book
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 464 pages
...All tenanflen, save to the crannying wind, Or holding dark communion with the cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and...who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those which wav'd are shredless dust ere now. And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow." AN AUSTRALIAN... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 864 pages
...cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud: Banners on high, and battles passed below ; 420 But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those...And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow. XLVIII Beneath these battlements, within those walls, Power dwelt amidst her passions; in proud state... | |
 | R. Hippisley Cox - Earthworks (Archaeology) - 1923 - 266 pages
...VI OLD SARUM " There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles passed below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those who waved are shredless dust ere now." NEAR Salisbury four tributaries join the river Avon — the... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1924 - 486 pages
...with the cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud ; Banners on high, and battles pnss'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloody shroud,...bleak battlements shall bear no future blow. Beneath those battlements, within those walls, Power dwelt amidst her passions; in proud state Each robber... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - English poetry - 1910 - 966 pages
...All tenantless, save to the crannying wind, Or holding dark communion with the cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud ; Banners on high,...battles pass'd below ; But they who fought are in a bloodjshroud, And those which waved are shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bear... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 1090 pages
...cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud : Banners on high, and battles passed below ; 420 But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those...shredless dust ere now, And the bleak battlements shall bearno future blow. XLVIII Beneath these battlements, within those walls, Power dwelt amidst her passions;... | |
 | David Fraser Fraser-Harris - English literature - 1928 - 288 pages
...with the cloud. There was a day when they were young and proud, Banners on high, and battles passed below — But they who fought are in a bloody shroud, And those that waved are shredless dust ere now ; And the bleak battlements shall bear no future blow. Will the... | |
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