 mid the trees, That stood below the stream. At eve they all assembled, All care and doubt were fled ; With jovial laugh they feasted, The board was nobly spread, The elder of the village Rose up, his glass in hand, And cried, " We drink the downfall "...  Legends and lyrics - Page 143by Adelaide Anne Procter - 1858 - 266 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 846 pages
...nobly spread. The elder of the village Rose up, bis glass in hand, And cried, " We drink the downfall " Of an accursed land ! " The night is growing darker, " Ere one more day is flown, " Bregenz, our foemcn's stronghold, " Bregenz shall be our own !" The women shrank in terror (Yet Pride, too, had... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1884 - 804 pages
...spread. The elder of the village Rose up, his glass in hand, And cried, •' We drink the downfall Of an accursed land ! "The night is growing darker, Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foeman's stronghold — Brcgenz shall be our own !" The women shrank in terror (Yet Pride, too, had... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 pages
...village Eose up, his glass in hand, And cried : " We drink the downfall Of an accursed land 1 12. " The night is growing darker ; Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foemen's stronghold, Bregenz t)hall be our own 1" The women shrank in terror (Yet Pride, too, had her part) ; But one poor Tyrol... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1871 - 410 pages
...the village Rose up, his glass in hand, And cried, " We drink the downfall Of an accursed laud ! 8. " The night is growing darker ; Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foemen's stroughold, Bregenz shall be our own ! " The women shrank in terror (Yet Pride, too, had her part),... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1872 - 460 pages
...of the village Rose up, his glass in hand, And cried, " We drink the downfall Of an accursed land I "The night is growing darker, Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foemens" stronghold, Bregenz shall be our own I " The women shrank in terror (Yet Pride, too, had her... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1873 - 400 pages
...village Rose up, his glass in hand, And cried, '• We drink the downfall Of an accursed land ! 8. " The night is growing darker ; Ere one more day is...one poor Tyrol maiden Felt death within her heart. 9. Nothing she heard around her (Though shouts rang forth again) ; Gone were the green Swiss valleys,... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...nobly spread ; The elder of the village Eose up, his glass in hand, And cried : " We drink the downfall Of an accursed land ! " " The night is growing darker 'Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foeman's stronghold, Bregenz, shall be our own ! " The women shrank in terror, (Yet Pride too had her... | |
 | Anna Randall Diehl - Elocution - 1876 - 458 pages
...nobly spread. The elder of the village Rose up, his glass in hand, And cried, " We drink the downfall Of an accursed land! "The night is growing darker, Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foemens' stronghold, Bregenz shall be our own ! " The women shrank in terror (Yet Pride, too, had her... | |
 | Mountains - 1876 - 216 pages
...nobly spread. The elder of the village Rose up, his glass in hand, And cried, " We drink the downfall Of an accursed land ! " The night is growing darker, Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foeman's stronghold, Bregenz shall be our own ! " The women shrank in terror (Yet Pride, too, had her... | |
 | English poetry - 1877 - 294 pages
...elder of the village Itose up, his glass in hand, And cried, " We drink the downfall Of an aecursed land ! " The night is growing darker, Ere one more...one poor Tyrol maiden Felt death within her heart. * * * With trembling haste and breathless, With noiseless step she sped : Horses and weary cattle Were... | |
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