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" In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass! "
Readings in American Poetry - Page 139
by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 264 pages
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 12

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1842 - 590 pages
...eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue — Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam clear and bright ; Above the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan — Excelsior...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...eye beneath Flash'd like a faulehion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior! In happy homes he...!" And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior! " O stay,*' the maiden said, " and rest Thy weary head upon this breast !" A tear stood in his bright...
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Ballads and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 148 pages
...from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! 9 « In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires...! " And loud that clarion voice replied Excelsior ! ' O stay," the maiden said, " and rest Thy weary head upon this breast ! " A tear stood in his bright...
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The New-York Review, Volume 10; Volumes 19-20

American periodicals - 1842 - 546 pages
...eye beneath, Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath, And tike a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! " In happy homes...overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide !' And load that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! " ' O stay,' the maiden said, ' and rest Thy weary head...
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The New York Review, Volumes 1-10

Bibliography - 1842 - 576 pages
...eye beneath, Flashed like a faulcliion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! " In happy homes..." ' Try not the Pass !' the old man said ; ' Dark rowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide!' And loud that clarion voice replied,...
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The New-York Review, Volume 10

1842 - 544 pages
...eye beneath, Flashed like a faulchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! " In happy homes...shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior I " ' Try not the Pass !' the old man said ; ' Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 10

1842 - 682 pages
...of that unknown tongue— Ezceliierl In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam clear and bright; Above the spectral glaciers shone, And...his lips escaped a groan — Excelsior ! ' Try not to pass !' the old man said ; ' Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 10

1842 - 694 pages
...that unknown tongue — Exceliier I In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam clear and bright; Above the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan — Excelsior I ' Try not to pass !' the old man laid ; ' Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 12

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1842 - 718 pages
...eye beneath Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue — Excelsior ! In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam clear and bright ; Above the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan — Excelsior...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior ! 9 « In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires...! " And loud that clarion voice replied Excelsior ! " O stay," the maiden said, " and rest Thy weary head upon this breast ! " A tear stood in his bright...
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