 Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. " Though foul are the drops that oft distil " On the field of warfare, blood like this, " For Liberty shed, so holy is, " It would not stain the purest rill, " That...  Annual Register - Side 317redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 548 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-l>orn spirit fled ! " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light...oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, " Sweet is our welcome of the brave, Who die thus for their native land. But see — alas ! — the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1882 - 1040 sider
...we worship their memories. We plant above their graves the willow and the laurel, and we feel that blood like this "For liberty shed so holy is It would not §tain the purest rill That sparkles among the bowers of bliss. Oh ! if there be on this earthly sphere... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 sider
...when the rush of war was past, Swiftly descending on a ray 'Be this,' she cried, as she wing'd her a union aros m * 125 flight, It would not stain the purest rill. That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss! Oh! if there... | |
 | 1886 - 300 sider
...ends so noble is, It would stain not the purest of those who still Long to sit on the treasury bench of bliss. Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere A boon that the Devil holds truly dear, 'Tis the false eclat which knavery draws From a premier who falls... | |
 | 1889 - 466 sider
...drop his heart had shed Before its free-born spirit fled ! 13. "Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....so holy is It would not stain the purest rill That sparkle;} among the bowers of bliss ! Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering heaven... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1890 - 426 sider
...Universal History, vol. iii. *YET MAREED THE PERI WHERE HE LAY." " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....blood like this, " For Liberty shed, so holy is,* * Objections may be made to my use of the word Liberty in this, and more especially in the story that... | |
 | 1891 - 204 sider
...shaft, though pointed well, The tyrant lived, the hero fell. Though foul the drops that oft distill On the field of warfare, blood like this For liberty...is It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles 'mid the bowers of bliss. To die for such a cause as this, Our king, were purest happiness. [Reply... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-born spirit fled ! "Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, "My welcome gift at the Gates of Light, Though foul are the drops that oft distill On the field of warfare, blood like this, For liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1892 - 582 sider
...drop his heart had. shed, Before its free-born spirit fled! / " Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, II woulu iiOo stair, the purest rill, That sparkles among the Bpwerp o*' Bliss' Oh, if there be on... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 484 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed. Before its free-born spirit fled ! "Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight» "My welcome gift at the gates of light;...that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like thin, For liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles among the bowers... | |
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