 Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow; Oft through the forest dark Followed the were-wolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow'. "But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew,...  The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 210by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 546 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1863 - 64 pages
...Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying ? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. 2. But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew.....sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders. 3. Into this wonderful land at the base of the Ozark mountains, Far had Gabriel entered with hunters... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...through the forest dark Followed the were-wolf 's barb, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er...led ; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that hied, By our stern orders. " Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...through the forest dark Followed the wero-wolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er...; Often our midnight shout Set the cocks crowing, AB we the Berserk's tale Measured in cups of ale, Draining the oaken pail, Filled to o'erflowing. "... | |
 | American poetry - 1864 - 428 pages
...forest dark Followed the were-wolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when 1 older grew, joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark...Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, " Many a wassail -bout Wore the long Winter out Often our midnight shout Set the cocks crowing, * As... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...through the forest dark Followed the were-wolf's hark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er...led ; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that hled, By our stern orders. " Many a wassail-hout Wore the long Winter out ; Often our midnight shout... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Elocution - 1866 - 618 pages
...through the forest dark Followed the werc-wolf s bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. 6. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er...souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stem orders. ' The author says : " The following ballad was suggested to me while riding on the sea-shore... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...through the forest dark Followed the were-wolfs hark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er...in cups of ale, Draining the oaken pail, Filled to o'erfl owing. " Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet... | |
 | E. Wadham - English language - 1869 - 176 pages
...But in a succession of lines of the character described the reversion is most marked and distinct. But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er...sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders.- — LONGFELLOW. The short lines, it is seen, consort very well with the others under the influence... | |
 | Marianne Filleul - English fiction - 1871 - 246 pages
...should they make inquiries after her ; but this it was very unlikely they would do. CHAPTER XII. " WUd was the life we led ; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders." LONGFELLOW. IT was just two years from the time Marion had left Gull Rock Cove. During that time some... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...through the forest dark Followed the were- wolf 's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew O'er...sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders. " Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me. And as the white stars... | |
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