 Nothing she heard around her, (though shouts rang forth again,) Gone were the green Swiss valleys, the pasture, and the plain; Before her eyes one vision, and in her heart one cry, That said, "Go forth, save Bregenz, and then, if need be, die!  HOUSEHOLD WORDS CHRISTMAS STORIES - Page 21by CHARLES DICKENS - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Ballads - 1896 - 168 pages
...the plain; Before her eyes one vision, And in her heart one cry, That said, " Go forth, save Bregenz, And then, if need be, die!" With trembling haste and...mounted and she turned his head Towards her native land. Out—out into the darkness— Faster, and still more fast; The smooth grass flies behind her, She... | |
 | Samuel Silas Curry - Elocution - 1896 - 388 pages
...plain ; Before her eyes one vision, and in her heart one cry, That said, "Go forth, save Bregenz ; and then, if need be, die ! " With trembling haste...out her hand, She mounted, and she turned his head toward her native land. Out — out into the darkness — faster, and still more fast! The smooth grass... | |
 | David Henry Montgomery - Ballads, English - 1896 - 344 pages
...the plain; Before her eyes one vision, and in her heart one cry, That said, " Go forth, save Bregenz, and then, if need be, die!" With trembling haste and...in the shed; She loosed the strong white charger, 1 that fed from out her hand, She mounted and she turn'd his head toward her native land. Out — out... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - Readers - 1897 - 330 pages
...the plain ; Before her eyes one vision, And in her heart one cry That said, " Go forth ! save Bregenz With trembling haste and breathless, With noiseless...grass flies behind her, The chestnut wood is past; She looks up ; clouds are heavy ; Why is her steed so slow? — Scarcely the wind beside them Can pass... | |
 | Harry Cassell Davis - College readers - 1897 - 540 pages
...the plain; Before her eyes one vision, And in her heart one cry, That said, " Go forth, save Bregenz, And then, if need be, die! " With trembling haste...out her hand, She mounted, and she turned his head Toward her native land. " Faster! " she cries, " on faster! " Eleven the church-bells chime: But louder... | |
 | Robert McLean Cumnock - Elocution - 1898 - 614 pages
...the plain; Before her eyes one vision, And in her heart one cry, That said, "Go forth, save Bregenz, And then, if need be, die!" With trembling haste and...mounted, and she turned his head Towards her native land. Out—out into the darkness,— Faster, and still more fast; The smooth grass flies behind her, The... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 558 pages
...the strong, white charger that fed from out her hand ; She mounted, and she turned his head toward her native land. Out — out into the darkness ; faster,...more fast ; The smooth grass flies behind her, the chestnut-wood is past. She looks up ; clouds are heavy : Why is her steed so slow ? — (Scarcely the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1898 - 184 pages
...plain ; Before her eyes one vision, And in her heart one cry, That said, " Go forth, save Bregenz, And then, if need be, die ! " With trembling haste and breathless, With noiseless step, she spedj Horses and weary cattle Were standing in the shed. She loosed the strong white charger, That... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 434 pages
...die!'' \ With trembling hassle and breathless, With noiseless step, she sped ; Horses and weary cattle She loosed the strong, white charger That fed from...grass flies behind her, The chestnut wood is past; She looks up; clouds are heavy; Why is her steed so slow? Scarcely the wind beside them Can pass them... | |
 | Readers - 1899 - 408 pages
...the plain ; Before her eyes one vision, And in her heart one cry, That said, "Go forth, save Bregenz, And then, if need be, die ! " With trembling haste...noiseless step, she sped ; Horses and weary cattle She loosed the strong, white charger That fed from out her hand ; She mounted, and she turned his head... | |
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