 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
 | Mary E. Doyle - Christian education - 1913 - 244 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 in quaint old carving And when, to guard old Bregenz By gateway, street, and tower, The warder paces all night long, And... | |
 | Delbert Moyer Staley - Elocution - 1914 - 378 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. O! now our hearts... | |
 | Adventure stories - 1916 - 314 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 (oh, crown of fame !), When midnight pauses in the skies, He calls the maiden's name ! — Adelaide... | |
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...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. — Adelaide Procter.... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - Elocution - 1927 - 790 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. WARSONG ON THE VICTORY... | |
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...the midnight rings, And out come serf and soldier To meet the news she brings. Bregenz is saved ! Ere daylight Her battlements are manned ; Defiance greets..."Nine," "ten," "eleven," he cries aloud, And then (Oh crown of Fame !) When midnight pauses in the skies, He calls the maiden's name ! ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON,... | |
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