To do her honour still. And there, when Bregenz women Sit spinning in the shade, They see in quaint old carving The Charger and the Maid. And when, to guard old Bregenz, By gateway, street, and tower, The warder paces all night long, And calls each passing... HOUSEHOLD WORDS CHRISTMAS STORIES - Page 21by CHARLES DICKENS - 1851Full view - About this book
| Allen Ayrault Griffith - Elocution - 1879 - 348 pages
...Three hundred years are vanished, and yet upon the hill an old stone gateway rises, to do her honor still. And there, when Bregenz women sit spinning...nine," " ten," " eleven," he cries aloud, and then (O crown of Fame !) when midnight pauses in the skies, he calls the maiden's name ' L XX XVIII. FROM... | |
| ADELAIDE A. PROCTER - 1881 - 312 pages
...honor still. And there, when IJregenz women Sit spinning in the shade, They see in quaint old earving The Charger and the Maid. And when, to guard old Bregenz, By gateway, street, and tower, The warder paees all night long And eails eaeh passing hour; " Nine," " ten," " eleven," he eries aloud, And then... | |
| Adelaide Anne Procter - Christian poetry, English - 1882 - 400 pages
...saved ! Ere daylight Her battlements are manned ; Defiance greets the army That marches on the land. I And if to deeds heroic Should endless fame be paid,..."Nine," "ten," "eleven," he cries aloud, And then (Oh crown of Fame !) When midnight pauses in the skies, He calls the maiden's name ! A FAREWELL. ,... | |
| Robert McLean Cumnock - Readers - 1882 - 420 pages
...Three hundred years are vanished, And yet upon the hill An old stone gateway rises, To do her honor still. And there, when Bregenz women Sit spinning...guard old Bregenz, By gateway, street, and tower, " Nine," " ten," " eleven," he cries aloud, Andthen (O crown of Fame!) When midnight pauses in the... | |
| Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...Three hundred years are vanished, and yet upon the hill An old stone gateway rises, to do her honor still. And there, when Bregenz women sit spinning in the shade, They see the quaint old carving, the charger and the maid. WINTER. 55 And when, to guard old Bregenz, by gateway,... | |
| Recitations - 1884 - 780 pages
...Three hundred years are vanished, and yet upon the hill An old stone gateway rises, to do her honor still. And there, when Bregenz women sit spinning...Nine," " ten," " eleven," he cries aloud, and then. (O crown of fame!) When midnight pauses in the skies he calls the maiden's name. CHARLES SUMNER.—... | |
| Lucy A. Chittenden - English language - 1884 - 204 pages
...vanished, And yet upon the hill An old stone gateway rises, To do her honor still. And there when Bregcnz women Sit spinning in the shade, They see in quaint...Nine," " ten," "eleven," he cries aloud, And then (O crown of Fame!) When midnight pauses in the skies, He calls the maiden's name! ADELAIDE PROCTER.... | |
| Edmund Arthur Helps - 1884 - 360 pages
...marches on the land. And if to deeds heroic Should endless fame be paid, Bregenz does well to honour Three hundred years are vanished, And yet upon the...see in quaint old carving The charger and the maid. 176 And when, to guard old Bregenz, By gateway, street, and tower, The warder paces all night long,... | |
| Samuel Silas Curry - Readers - 1888 - 456 pages
...Three hundred years are vanished, and yet upon the hill An old stone gateway rises, to do her honor still. And there, when Bregenz women sit spinning..."Nine," "ten," "eleven," he cries aloud, and then, (O crown of fame!) When midnight pauses in the skies he calls the maiden's name. Adtlaidt A. ProcUr.... | |
| Children - 1888 - 248 pages
...Three hundred years are vanished, And yet upon the hill An old stone gateway rises, To do her honor still. And there, when Bregenz women Sit spinning...see in quaint old carving The charger and the maid. 23. And when, to guard old Bregenz, By gateway, street, and tower, The warder paces all night long,... | |
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