 | England - 1844 - 826 pages
...white gloves on his hands, his stockings of incarnate silk, and his shoes with their ribands on his Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and...forehead, There was lustre in his eye, And he never walk'd to battle More proudly than to die : There was colour in his visage, Though the cheeks of all... | |
 | Scotland - 1844 - 834 pages
...white gloves on his hands, his stockings of incarnate silk, and his shoes with their ribands on his Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and...forehead, There was lustre in his eye, And he never walk'd to battle More proudly than to die : There was colour in his visage, Though the cheeks of all... | |
 | England - 1844 - 828 pages
...white gloves on &? hands, his stockings of incarnate silk, and his shoes with their riband« on № Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and...the doom. There was glory on his forehead, There was Instre in his eye, And he never walk'd to battle More prondly than to die : There was colour in his... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Scotland - 1849 - 300 pages
...clouds are cleared away, And the glorious sun once more looks down Amidst the dazzling day. xv. • y He is coming! he is coming! Like a bridegroom from...walked to battle More proudly than to die : There was colour in his visage, Though the cheeks of all were wan, And they marvelled as they saw him pass, That... | |
 | University magazine - 1849 - 836 pages
...The clouds are cleared away, And the glorious sua once more looks down Amidst the dazzling day. " lie is coming ! he is coming ! Like a bridegroom from...walked to battle More proudly than to die : There was colour in his visage. Though the cheeks of all were wan, And they marvelled as they saw him pass, That... | |
 | 1850 - 628 pages
...the brave, never ! Did he think death a fearful thing," she continued, looking at the picture, "no!" 'There was glory on his forehead, There was lustre in his eye ; And he never went to battle More proudly than to die.' Do not even our enemies say of him, 'That, dressed in scarlet... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - Scotland - 1852 - 364 pages
...cloiids are cleared away, And the glorious sun once more looks down Amidst the dazzling day. XVa " He is coming ! he is coming !" Like a bridegroom from...was glory on his forehead, There was lustre in his eye3 And he never walked to battle More proudly than to die ; There was color In his visage, Though... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...— And God who made shall gather them : I go from you to Him ! " The morning dawned full darkly ; like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero from...scaffold and the doom. There was glory on his forehead, the/e was lustre in his eye, And he never walked to battle more proudly than to die ; There was color... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...— And God who uiaJo shall gather them : I go from you to Him ! " The morning dawned full dnrkly; like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero from...the scaffold and the doom. There was glory on his iurchct.d, there was lustre in his eye, And he never walked to battle more proudly than to die ; There... | |
 | Edward N. Marks - 1854 - 394 pages
...like a noble bridegroom arrayed for his wedding, than a criminal going to the place of execution." " There was glory on his forehead, There was lustre...never walked to battle More proudly than to die." On arriving at the gallows, though not allowed to address the people, he spoke a few words to those... | |
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He is coming ! he is coming ! Like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and the doom. There was glory on his forehead, There was lustre in his eye, And he never walked to battle More proudly than to die... 
