 Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms, Why dost thou haunt me ?" Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December; And, like the water's flow Under...  Voices of the Night, and Other Poems - Page 106by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 228 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1864 - 210 pages
...Dimeters alternating with defective Dimeters. We have the same combinations in the following : — " I was a | Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song hss told, No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, / Else dread... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...And, like the water's flow Under Decemher's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamher. " I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. " F;ir in the Northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...chamber. 8. "I was a Viking old! My deeds, though manifold, " No Skald s in song has told, No Saga3 taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost...Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger- falcon;1 And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 710 pages
...rise, A« when the Northern skies Gleam in December; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. "I was a Viking oldl My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...mistake it but one who had the like in his head."] And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber....No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse "SPEAK! speak! thou fearful guest ! Who, with thy hollow breast Still in rude armour drest, Comest... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1868 - 202 pages
...following : — « I was a ! Viking old! My deeds, thongh manifold, No Skald in song ha~* told, Xo Sa:ra taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, ELi* dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee." — LmgfettaiB. The measure is also found... | |
 | Bessie Rayner Belloc - Ethnology - 1870 - 414 pages
...cheer, The planks looked warped, and see those sails How thin they are and sere ! ' " THE NORWEGIAN. " I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song has told, No Saga taught thee." — LONGFELLOW. |HE character of the Norwegian is moulded by that of the bold, mountainous country... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 656 pages
...like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's cliambur. " I was a Viking old ! ' My deeds, though manifold,...sought thee. "Far in the Northern land, By the wild Baltie's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - English language - 1872 - 274 pages
...Dimeters alternating with defective Dimeters. We have the same combinations in the following : — " I was a | Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold,...dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee." — Longfellow. The measure is also found in Trimeters (generally combined with Dimeters), and in Tetrameters... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December ; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber....song has told, No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that m thy verse Thou dost the talc rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse ! For this I sought thee. "... | |
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