 | Joseph Gostwick - American literature - 1856 - 338 pages
...Excelsior! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion...the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last good-night ; A voice replied, far up the height : "Excelsior !" At break of day, as heavenward The... | |
 | American poetry - 1856 - 352 pages
...overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! ' And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! ' O stay,' the maiden said, ' and rest Thy weary head...the awful avalanche ! ' This was the peasant's last Good-night, A voice replied, far up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious... | |
 | Charles Northend - Orators - 1856 - 276 pages
...The roaring torrent is deep and wide !"— And loud that clarion voice replied, "Excelsior!" " Oh ! stay," the maiden said, " and rest Thy weary head...the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last good-night ;««• A voice replied, far up the height, " Excelsior ! " At break of day, as heavenward... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion voice replied, "Excelsior!" " O stay ! " the maiden said, " and rest Thy weary head...But still he answered, with a sigh, * " Excelsior 1" " Beware the pine-tree's withered branch ! Beware the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass !" the old man said j " Dark lowers2 the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide !" And loud that clarion...maiden said, " and rest Thy weary head upon this breast 1" A tear stood in his hright blue eye, But still he answered, with a sigh, Excelsior ! " Beware the... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide !" And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! " O stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon...A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answer' d, with a sigh, Excelsior ! " Beware the pine tree's wither'd branch ! Beware the awful avalanche... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass !" the old man said, " Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion...the awful avalanche !" This was the peasant's last good-night ! A voice replied, far up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious... | |
 | Howard Paul - American ballads and songs - 1857 - 144 pages
...overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! " O stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon...A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answer'd, with a sigh, Excelsior ! " Beware the pine tree's wither'd branch ! Beware the awful avalanche... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 642 pages
...overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide !" And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! "O, stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon...the awful avalanche!" This was the peasant's last Good-night ; A voice replied, far up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious... | |
 | 1858 - 882 pages
...overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide!'' And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! " O, stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon...the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last good-night ; A voice replied, far up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious... | |
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Try not the Pass!" the old man said; "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! "0 stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon this breast... 
