Down the broad valley, fast and far, The troubled army fled ; Up rose the glorious morning star, The ghastly host was dead. I have read, in the marvellous heart of man, That strange and mystic scroll, That an army of phantoms, vast and wan, Beleaguer... The Bowdoin Poets - Page 32by Edward Payson Weston - 1840 - 188 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Keese - 1841 - 338 pages
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| 1840 - 818 pages
...stream, j In fancy's misty light, Gigantic shapes and shadows gleam Portentous through the niglit. Upon its midnight battle-ground The spectral camp...challenge breaks the air, But the rushing of life's wave. But when the solemn and deep church bell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 pages
...strange and mystic scroll, That an army of phantoms vast and wan Beleaguer the human soul. Encamp'd beside Life's rushing stream, In Fancy's misty light,...rushing of Life's wave. And, when the solemn and deep chureh-bell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the spell, The shadows sweep away.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...No drum, nor sentry's pace ; The mist-like banners clasped the air, As clouds with clouds embrace. The white pavilions rose and fell On the alarmed air....of the grave ; No other challenge breaks the air, And, when the solemn and deep church-bell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...army of phantoms vast and wan Beleaguered the human soul. Encamped beside life's rushing stream, J In fancy's misty light, Gigantic shapes and shadows...rushing of life's wave. And when the solemn and deep church bell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the spell, The shadows sweep away.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...midnight battle-ground The spectral camp is seen, And, with a sorrowful, deep sound, Flows the lliver of Life between. No other voice, nor sound is there, In the army of the grave ; IS'o other challenge breaks the air, But the rushing of Life's wave. And, when the solemn and deep... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...air. Down the broad valley fast and far The troubled army fled ; Up rose the glorious morning star, I have read, in the marvellous heart of man. That...of the grave ; No other challenge breaks the air. And, when the solemn and deep church-bell Entreats the soul to pray. The midnight phantoms feel the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 502 pages
...air. Down the broad valley fast and far The troubled army fled ; Up rose the glorious morning star, I have read, in the marvellous heart of man, That...of the grave ; No other challenge breaks the air, And, when the solemn and deep church-bell Entreats the soul to pray, The midnight phantoms feel the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 pages
...strange and mystic scroll, That an army of phantoms vast and wan Beleaguer the human soul. Encamp'd beside Life's rushing stream, In Fancy's misty light,...nor sound is there, In the army of the grave ; No othfr challenge breaks the air, But the rushing, of Life's wave. And, when the solemn and deep church-bell... | |
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