 And the river-horse, as he crushed the reeds Beside some hidden stream ; And it passed, like a glorious roll of drums, Through the triumph of his dream. The forests, with their myriad tongues, Shouted of liberty ; And the Blast of the Desert cried aloud,...  Poems on Slavery - Side 14af Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 31 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1831 - 492 sider
...No more he felt the driver's whip, Nor the burning heat of day ; For Death closed o'er the captive's sleep, And his lifeless body lay, A worn-out fetter, that the soul Had broken, and thrown away! L THE YOUTHS' MAGAZINE; OR fEbangdfcal SEPTEMBER, 1843. ANCIENT SARCOPHAGUS. OUR engraving this month... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 sider
...sense is in every case made to end with the Pentameter. See Caution c. EXERCISE LXV. (same continued}. He did not feel the driver's whip, Nor the burning...lifeless body lay A worn-out fetter, that the soul 5 Had broken and thrown away! all its fire. — 3, 4. Libitina had at length shone-upon (illucesco)... | |
 | 1843 - 418 sider
...night he followed their flight, O'er plains where the tamarind grew, Till he saw the roofs of Caflre huts, And the ocean rose to view. At night he heard...fetter, that the soul Had broken and thrown away ! THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT. LOUD he sang the psalm of David ! He a Negro and enslaved, Sang of Israel's... | |
 | 1843 - 574 sider
...night he followed their flight, O'er plains where the tamarind grew, Till he saw the roof of Caffre huts, And the ocean rose to view. At night he heard...worn-out fetter, that the soul Had broken and thrown away ! Here is a companion story, — " The Slave Singing at Midnight." Loud he sang the psalm of David... | |
 | 1843 - 424 sider
...river-horse, as he crushed the reeds Beside some hidden stream ; And it passed, like a glorious roll of drams, Through the triumph of his dream. The forests, with...Sleep, And his lifeless body lay A worn-out fetter, thai the soul Had broken and thrown away ! THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT. LOUD he sang the psalm of... | |
 | 1846 - 302 sider
...night he followed their flight, O'er plains where the tamarind grew, Till he saw the roofs of Cadre huts, And the ocean rose to view. At night he heard...worn-out fetter, that the soul Had broken and thrown away ! MISSIONARY HYMN, FOR THE SOUTH. Spread far the gospel tidings ! Call ocean, earth, and air, To aid... | |
 | 1846 - 308 sider
...the liy.rn.i scream, And .the river-horse, as he crushed the reeds Beside some hidden stream ; And k passed, like a glorious roll of drums, Through the...fetter, that the soul Had broken and thrown away! MISSIONARY HYMN, FOR THE SOUTH. Spread far the gospel tidings ! Call ocean, earth, and air, To aid... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 sider
...the ocean rose to view. At night he heard the lion roar, And the hytena scream, And the river horse, as he crushed the reeds Beside some hidden stream...the soul Had broken and thrown away ! THE GOOD PART, SHE dwells by Great Kenhawa's side, In valleys green and cool ; And all her hope and all her pride... | |
 | 1849 - 274 sider
...night he followed their flight, O'er plains where the tamarind grew, Till he saw the roof of Caffre huts, And the ocean rose to view. At night he heard...worn-out fetter, that the soul Had broken and thrown away ! LONGFELLOW, WORDS. WORDS, household words, that linger on, When household love is past, And keep... | |
 | Edward Payson Weston - 1849 - 200 sider
...wild and free, That he startled in his sleep, and smiled At their tempestuous glee. He did not fear the driver's whip, Nor the burning heat of day ; For...fetter, that the soul Had broken and thrown away ! THE TELL-TALE FACE. BY WILLIAM CUTTER. I HATE the frigid notions, Which seem to count it sin, To show the... | |
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