 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1867 - 482 pages
...shadows of sadness From the sombre background of memory start. Once, ah, once, within these walls, (ine whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these... | |
 | David Thomas - African Americans - 1868 - 222 pages
...occasions the poet has written about the associations of Craigie House, on one of which he said : — Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory...recalls, The father of his country, dwelt ; And yonder meadows broad and damp, The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt, Up and down... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...O'er the light of whose gladness No shadows of sadness From the sombre hackground of memory start. Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory...recalls, The Father of his Country dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 680 pages
...oecupant : Once, ah ! oncc. within these walls The father of his country dwelt ; And yonder meadows, broad and damp, The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down, these echoing stairs Sounded his majestic tread : Yes ; within this very room Sat he, in those hours... | |
 | English literature - 1868 - 1236 pages
...occupant : Once, ah ! once, within these walla The father of bis country dwelt; And yonder meadows, broad and damp, The fires of the. besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down, these echoing stairs Sounded his majestic tread : Yes ; within this very room Sat he, in those hours... | |
 | Cambridge (Mass.) - Cambridge (Mass.) - 1870 - 124 pages
...before which travellers from all lands love to linger, both for its past and its present fame, where " The Father of his Country dwelt; And yonder meadow,...the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt." On this side, beyond the street, is the ancient house in which were the Provincial Headquarters.1 Out... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...O'er the light of whose gladness No shadows of sadness From the sombre background of memory start. Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory...recalls, The Father of his Country dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...O'er the light of whose gladness No shadows of sadness From the sombre background of memory start. Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory...recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows, broad and damp, The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt, tip and down... | |
 | Mother - 1872 - 366 pages
...O'er the light of whose gladness No shadows of sadness From the sombre background of memory start. Once, ah once, within these walls, One whom memory...recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...of sadness l''rom the sombre background of memory ttart. Once, ah, once, within these walls, ( hie whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and ilown... | |
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Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these echoing stairs, Heavy with the weight... 
