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" But when he came, though pale and wan, He looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front, So calm his steadfast eye ; — The rabble rout forbore to shout, And each man held his breath, For well they knew the hero's soul Was face to face with... "
A Discourse on the Character and Death of John Brown: Delivered in ... - Page 23
by Stephen H. Taft - 1872 - 24 pages
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 56

England - 1844 - 826 pages
...the procession commenced. t " In all the way, there appeared in him such majesty, courage, modesty So noble was his manly front, So calm his steadfast...soul Was face to face with death. And then a mournful shndder Through all the people crept, And some that came to scoff at him, Now turn'd aside and wept,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56

Scotland - 1844 - 834 pages
...the hangman, and the procession commenced. t " In all the way, there appeared in him such majesty, So noble was his manly front, So calm his steadfast...mournful shudder Through all the people crept, And some that came to scoff at him, Now turn'd aside and wept. • VII. But onwards — always onwards,...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56

England - 1844 - 828 pages
...hands to save his face." His hat was then ]>iilled off by the hangman, and the procession commenced. So noble was his manly front, So calm his steadfast...mournful shudder Through all the people crept, And some that came to scoff at him, Now turn'd aside and wept, ТП. But onwards — always onwards, In...
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Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers, and Other Poems

William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Scotland - 1849 - 304 pages
...Covenanting carles, That goodly sport to see ! VI. But when he came, though pale and wan, He looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front, So calm...mournful shudder Through all the people crept, And some that came to scoff at him, VII. But onwards — always onwards, In silence and in gloom, The dreary...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 21

American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...black-robed covenanting carles, That goodly sport to see. But when he came, though pale and wan, He looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front, So calm...mournful shudder Through all the people crept, And some that came to scoff at him, Now turned aside and wept. We must pass the description of his progress...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1849 - 836 pages
...when he came, though pale and wan, He looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front, So ealm his steadfast eye — The rabble rout forbore to shout,...mournful shudder Through all the people crept. And some that came to scoff at him, Now turned aside and wept." We must pass the description of his progress...
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Christian Examiner and Theological Review, Volume 17; Volume 52

Theology - 1852 - 490 pages
...I told thee yet How the Great Marquis died ! " But when he came, though pale and wan, He looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front, So calm...mournful shudder Through all the people crept, And some that came to scoff at him Now turned aside and wept. " But onwards, — always onwards, In silence...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 52

Liberalism (Religion) - 1852 - 492 pages
...told thee yet How the Great Marquis died ! " But when he came, though pale and wan, * He looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front, So calm...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...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...they held a lion there, and not a 'fenceless man. But when he came, though pale and wan, he looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front, so calm...knew the hero's soul was face to face with death. Had I been there, with sword in hand, and fifty Camerons by, That day, through high Dunedin's streets,...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 570 pages
...they held a lion there, and not a 'fenceless man. But when he came, though pale and wan, he looked so great and high, So noble was his manly front, so calm...knew the hero's soul was face to face with death. Had I been there, with sword in hand, and fifty Camerons by, That day, through high Dunedin's streets,...
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