 The king blew a blast on his bugle horn; (Silence!) No answer came; but faint and forlorn An echo returned on the cold gray morn, Like the breath of a spirit sighing. The castle portal stood grimly wide ; None welcomed the king from that weary ride; For...  Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Seite 423herausgegeben von - 1857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1857 - 602 Seiten
...welcomed the King from that weary t :•!•-. For dead, in the light of the dawning day, The pale aweet form of the welcomer lay, Who had yearned for his voice while dying I The panting steed, with a drooping crest, Stood weary I The King returned from her chamber of rest,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1859 - 356 Seiten
...spirit sighing. The castle portal stood grimly wide ; None welcomed the King from that weary ride ; For dead, in the light of the dawning day, The pale...eyeing, The tears gushed forth which he strove to check. He bowed his head on his charger's neck, "O, Steed — that every nerve didst strain, Dear Steed, our... | |
 | 1861 - 144 Seiten
...spirit sighing;. The castle portal stood grimly wide ; None welcomed the king from that weary ride ; For dead, in the light of the dawning day, The pale, sweet form of the welcomer lay, Who hud yearned for his voice while dying ! The panting steed, with a drooping crest. Stood weary ! The... | |
 | 1862 - 580 Seiten
...eigMujr, The castle's portals stood grimly wide, None welcom'd the King from that weary ride : For dead iu the light of the dawning day, The pale sweet form of the welcomer lay, Who had yearn M for hit voice while dying. A DIAMOND EYE. — One oi the toughest stories in circulation just... | |
 | Charlotte Eliza L. Riddell - 1865 - 324 Seiten
...the latter : — " The castle portal stood grimly wide, None welco"med the king from that weary ride, For dead, in the light of the dawning day, The pale...welcomer lay Who had yearned for his voice while dying." " While dying !" hummed Maxwell, and the words brought him within sight of Eversbeg. There was the... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 264 Seiten
...spirit sighing. , The castle portal stood grimly wide ; None welcomed the king from that weary ride ; For dead, in the light of the dawning day, The pale...eyeing, The tears gushed forth which he strove to check ; He bowed his head on his charger's neck : " O, steed — that every nerve didst strain, Dear steed,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - 1866 - 618 Seiten
...spirit sighing. The castle portal stood grimly wide ; None welcomed the king from that weary ride ; For dead, in the light of the dawning day, The pale...welcomer lay, Who had yearned for his voice while dying ! 6. The panting steed, with a drooping crest, Stood weary. The king returned from her chamber of rest,... | |
 | Andrew Comstock, Philip Lawrence - 1808 - 596 Seiten
...spirit sitrhing. The castle portal stood grimly wide ; None welcomed the king from that weary ride ; For dead, in the light of the dawning day, The pale...eyeing, The tears gushed forth which he strove to check ; He bowed his head on his charger's neck : " O, steed — that every nerve didst strain, Dear steed,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 712 Seiten
...spirit sighing ; The castle portal stood grimly wide ; None welcom'd the king from that weary ride ! For, dead in the light of the dawning day, The pale, sweet form of the welcomer lay, Who had yearn'd for his voice while dying. The panting steed with a drooping crest Stood weary ; The king returned... | |
 | Elizabeth Philp - 1869 - 116 Seiten
...spirit sighing ! The castle portal stood grimly wide, None weleom'd the King from that weary ride ; For dead in the light of the dawning day, The pale,...welcomer lay, Who had yearned for his voice while dying. This song is in the key of C ; compass from A to E. Published by Messrs. BOOSET, 28 Holies Street.... | |
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