 ... 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 of an accursed land! "The night is growing darker, ere one more day is flown,...  HOUSEHOLD WORDS CHRISTMAS STORIES - Page 21by CHARLES DICKENS - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Charles Peters - 1904 - 360 pages
...an accursed land ! ' The night is growing darker, Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foemen's stronghold, Bregenz shall be our own ! ' The women...were the friends beside her ? Only her country's foes I The faces of her kinsfolk, The days of childhood flown, The echoes of her mountains, Reclaimed her... | |
 | Adelaide Anne Procter - English poetry - 1905 - 516 pages
...accursed land ! " The night is growing darker, " Ere one more day is flown, " Bregenz, our foemen's stronghold, " Bregenz shall be our own ! " The women...echoes of her mountains, Reclaimed her as their own ! Nothing she heard around her, (Though shouts rang forth again,) Before her eyes one vision, And in... | |
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks - Readers - 1906 - 270 pages
...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...echoes of her mountains Reclaimed her as their own ! Nothing she heard around her (Though shouts rang forth again), Gone were the green Swiss valleys,... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1906 - 880 pages
...night is growing darker, ere one more dav is flown, Bregenz, our foemen's stronghold, Bregenz sliall be our own !" The women shrank in terror, (yet pride,...echoes of her mountains reclaimed her as their own ! Nothing she heard around her, (though shouts rang forth again,) Gone were the green Swiss valleys,... | |
 | Stratton Duluth Brooks - Readers - 1907 - 268 pages
...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...Pride, too, had her part), But one poor Tyrol maiden Before her, stood fair Bregenz, Once more her towers arose ; What were the friends beside her ? Only... | |
 | Alfred S. Lowry - Elocution - 1908 - 418 pages
...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...one poor Tyrol maiden felt death within her heart. Nothing she heard around her (though shouts rang forth again) ; gone were the green Swiss valleys,... | |
 | Bridget Ellen Burke - Art and literature - 1909 - 264 pages
...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...echoes of her mountains, Reclaimed her as their own ! Nothing she heard around her, Though shouts rang forth again; Gone were the green Swiss valleys,... | |
 | Adelaide A. Procter - 1909 - 342 pages
...an accursed land 1 " The night is growing darker, Ere one more day is flown, Breg_enz, our foemen's stronghold, Bregenz shall be our own ! " The women...were the friends beside her ? Only her country's foes I The faces of her kinsfolk, The days of childhood flown, The echoes of her mountains, Reclaimed her... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Basal reading instruction - 1910 - 370 pages
...an accursed land ! 12 "The night is growing darker, Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foeman's stronghold. Bregenz shall be our own !" The women...one poor Tyrol maiden Felt death within her heart. 13 Before her stood fair Bregenz ; Once more her towers arose; What were the friends beside her ? The... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1910 - 368 pages
...an accursed land ! 12 "The night is growing darker, Ere one more day is flown, Bregenz, our foeman's stronghold, Bregenz shall be our own !" The women...one poor Tyrol maiden Felt death within her heart. 13 Before her stood fair Bregenz; Once more her towers arose; What were the friends beside her? Only... | |
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