 Lord of the boundless realm of air! In thy imperial name, The hearts of the bold and ardent dare, The dangerous path, of fame Beneath the shade of thy golden wings, The Roman legions bore, From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs, Their pride, to the...  The North American Review - Page 231edited by - 1827Full view - About this book
 | James Fenimore Cooper - New York (State) - 1881 - 536 pages
...the character of hit nevr corporal than circumstances had hitherto permitted. CHAPTER XXL "For tbee they fought, for thee they fell, And their oath was...laid ; To thee the clarions raised their swell, And tho dying warriors prayed." PEKCITAL. THE distaste for each other which existed between the people... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...dare The dangerous path of fame. Beneath the shade of thy golden wings, The Roman legions bore, From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs. Their pride, to the polar shore. And where was then thy fearless flight ? O'er the dark, mysterious sea, To the lands that caught the... | |
 | John Melvin Williams - United States - 1890 - 180 pages
...buy him'." "ON TO THE FRONT.4l "For thee they fought, for thee they fell, And their oath on thee was laid; To thee the clarions raised their swell' And the dying warrior prayed. Thon wert,thro' an age of death and fears, The image of pride and power, Till the gathered rage of... | |
 | John Kennedy - English language - 1890 - 314 pages
...vicissitude, vicar (a deputy who takes his Beneath the shade of thy golden wings, The Roman fegions bore, From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs, Their pride, to the polar shore.— Percival. (To the Eagle.) Uacd. Confusion now hath made his masterpiece I Most sacrifegious murder... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1891 - 702 pages
...had hitherto permitted. CHAPTER XXI. "For thee they fonght, for thee they fell, And their oath w as on thee laid ; To thee the clarions raised their swell, And the dying warriors prayed." — PEKCIVAL. THE distaste for each other which existed between the people of New... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - American fiction - 1892 - 700 pages
...acquainted with the character of his new corporal than circumstances had hitherto permitted. CHAPTER XXI. " For thee they fought, for thee they fell, And their...thee the clarions raised their swell, And the dying warriors prayed." — PEKCIVAL. THE distaste for each other which existed between the people of New... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1892 - 544 pages
...character of hit uuw corporaI than circumstances had hitherto permitted. CHAPTER XXL "For thee il*y fought, for thee they fell, And their oath was on thee laid ; To thee the clarions raised their BWell, And tho dying warriors prayod." PKSOIVAU THE distaste for each other which existed between the... | |
 | Patriotism - 1892 - 440 pages
...daro The dangerous path of fume. Beneath the shade of thy golden wings The Eoman legions boro, From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs, Their pride to the polar shore. For thee they fought, for theo they fell, And their oath was on thee laid ; To thee the clarions raised their swell. And the... | |
 | Recitations - 1913 - 620 pages
...dare The dangerous paths of fame. Beneath the shade of thy golden wings, The Roman legions bore, From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs, Their pride,...thee they fought, for thee they fell, And their oath on thee was laid ; 268 Thou wert, through an age of death and fears, The image of pride and power,... | |
 | 1913 - 760 pages
...fessi tenuis tum cessit in auras Halitus, et magnam misit sub Tartara mentem. — SIL. ITAL. VI, 25. For thee they fought, for thee they fell, And their...raised their swell, And the dying warrior prayed. — PERCIVAL. Emblem of Freedom, when thou cleav'st the air — Emblem of Tyranny, when bathed in blood... | |
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