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Página 93 - 1. On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. 2. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of the scenery.
Página 183 - Toll me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream;" For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. 2. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; "Dust thou art, to dust retumest,
Página 183 - Still like muffled drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave. 5. In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! 6. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead ; Act,—act in the living present! Heart within, and
Página 127 - of England Shall yet terrific burn; Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return, Then, then, ye ocean warriors \ Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow ; When the fiery fight is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow.
Página 51 - his cottage door Was sitting in the sun ; And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round Which he beside the rivulet, In playing there, had found ; He came to ask what he had found, That was so large, and smooth, and round. Old
Página 65 - cup The tear that England owes. 8. Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again, Full charged with England's thunder, And plough the distant main. 9. But Kempenfeldt is gone, His victories are o'er; And he and his eight hundred, Shall plough the wave no more.
Página 52 - My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burned his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head. 8. " With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide; And many a
Página 183 - sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Finds us further than to-day ! 4. Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and
Página 143 - Is it far away in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold, Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearls gleam forth from the coral strand, Is it there, sweet mother, that
Página 224 - 1. Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that