 He saw once more his dark-eyed queen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks, They held him by the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's...  Poems on Slavery - Side 12af Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 31 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1831 - 492 sider
...dark-eyed queen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks, They held him hy the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids...furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank. At each leap he could feel his scabbard... | |
 | 1843 - 418 sider
...matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle reins were golden chains, And with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard... | |
 | 1852 - 184 sider
...children stand : They clasp'd his neck, they kiss'd his cheeks, They held him by the hand : A tear dropp'd from the sleeper's lids, And fell into the sand. And...furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank : His bridle reins were golden chains, And, with a maniai clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 sider
...His breast was bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains. Arid, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard of steel Before him, like a blood-red... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 sider
...matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Aldhg the Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 sider
...there once again, Beneath the lofty foliage of palms, where Mighiy (Niger9) rules-over fertile plains, He saw, once more, his dark-eyed queen, Among her...sand. And then, at furious speed he rode Along the river's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains ; And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could... | |
 | 1854 - 428 sider
...they kissed |his cheek, They held him by the hand !— A tear-burst from the sleeper's lid ' And'fcll into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank-; His bridle- reins were gulden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 sider
...matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his native land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridal reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At each leap he could feel his scabbard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 sider
...matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. "Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed ho rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins were golden chains, And, with a martial clank, At... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 sider
...on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain road. He saw once more his dark-eyed queen Among her children...sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger bank ; His bridle reins were golden chains ; And with a martial clank, At each leap he could... | |
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