| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 pages
...was heard the while Sung low in the dim, mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner ! May it wave Prondly o'er the good and brave ; When the battle's distant...the hearts of these lone hills, When the spear in conflicts shakes, And the strong lance shivering breaks. " Take thy banner ! and, beneath The battle-clond's... | |
| English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...earth, And took the flowers away. HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS AT THE CONSECRATION OF PULASKl'S BANNER. " TAKE thy banner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good...battle's distant wail Breaks the Sabbath of our vale ; 500 GLEANINGS FROM THE ENGLISH POETS. When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone... | |
| Florence Wilford - 1862 - 582 pages
...simplicity and purity :" and when those wings are ours we may " flee away," but not before. CHAPTEB XIII. " Take thy banner ! may it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave." LONGFELLOW. 'S Lady Eynesford wished to present the colours to her son's regiment in person, it was... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 pages
...swung, Where, before the altar, hung The blood-red banner, that with prayer Had been consecrated there. "Take thy banner! May it wave Proudly o'er the good...hills, When the spear in conflict shakes, And the strSng lance shivering breaks. "Take thy banner! and, beneath The battle-cloud's encircling wreath,... | |
| Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good...battle's distant wail Breaks the Sabbath of our vale, HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS. 199 When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...consecrated there. And the nun's sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good...battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale, Wh:n the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills, When the spear in conflict shakes,... | |
| George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - Canterbury (N.Z.) - 1865 - 412 pages
...consecrated there ; And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim mysterious aisle. " Take thy banner ! may it wave Proudly o'er the good...And the strong lance shivering breaks. " Take thy banner ! and beneath The battle-cloud's encircling wreath, Guard it! till our homes are free ; Guard... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...hanner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave ; When the hattle's distant wail Breaks the sabhath of our vale, When the clarion's music thrills To the...in conflict shakes, And the strong lance shivering hreaks. ''Take thy hanner! and, heneath The hattle-cloud's encircling wreath, Guard it ! — til! our... | |
| Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...Faint light on the cowled head, And the censer burning swung, Where before the altar hung Campbell. Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn...our vale— When the clarion's music thrills To the heart of these lone hills— When the spear in conflict shakes, And the strong lance shivering breaks!... | |
| Joseph Edwards Carpenter - Hymns - 1866 - 436 pages
...consecrated there. And the nun's sweet hymn was heard the while, Sung low in the dim, mysterious isle. " Take thy banner ! May it wave Proudly o'er the good...And the strong lance shivering breaks. " Take thy banner ! and, beneath The battle-cloud.s encircling wreath, Guard it ! — till our homes are free... | |
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