 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Scotland - 1849 - 300 pages
...scaffold, And he turned him to the crowd; But they dared not trust the people, So he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the heavens, And they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether The eye of God shone through : Yet a black and murky battlement Lay resting on the hill, As though the thunder... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...And he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, So he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the heavens, And they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether The eye of God shone through ; Yet a black and murky battlement Lay resting on the hill, And though the thunder... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, — so he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the Heavens, and they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether the eye of God shone through : A team of light fell o'er him, like a glory round the shriven, And he climbed the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, — so he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the Heavens, and they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether the eye of God shone through : A beam of light fell o'er him, like a glory round the shriven, And he climbed the... | |
 | Theology - 1852 - 490 pages
...And he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, So he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the heavens, And they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether The eye of God shone through. Yet a black and murky battlement Lay resting on the hill, As though the thunder... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1852 - 492 pages
...soul Was face to face with death. And then a mournful shudder Through all the people crept, And some that came to scoff at him Now turned aside and wept. " B.ut onwards, — always onwards, In silence and in gloom, The dreary pageant labored, Till it reached the... | |
 | Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...ho turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, — so he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the Heavens, and they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether the eye of God shone through : s A beam of light fell o'er him, like a glory round the shriven, And he climbed... | |
 | James Redpath - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 530 pages
...soul Was face to face with death. And then a mournful shudder Through all the people erept, And some that came to scoff at him Now turned aside and wept. But onward — always onward — In silence and in gloom, • Frnrn Aytonn't •• 1a71 of tb» ScoWtb... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Ballads, Scots - 1863 - 294 pages
...And he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, So he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the heavens, And they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether Yet a black and murky battlement Lay resting on the hill, As though the thunder slept withinAll else... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - English poetry - 1865 - 562 pages
...And he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, So he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the heavens, And they were clear and blue, And in the liquid ether The eye of God shone through : Yet a black and murky battlement Lay resting on the hill, As though the thunder... | |
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He mounted up the scaffold, And he turned him to the crowd ; But they dared not trust the people, So he might not speak aloud. But he looked upon the heavens, And they were clear and blue... 
