The belfry-tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light ! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns,... The Spy - Page 161912Full view - About this book
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1863 - 310 pages
...bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite...above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 260 pages
...bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite...above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Elocution - 1863 - 530 pages
...landscape far and near, Then impetuous stamped the earth, And turned and tightened his saddle-girth j But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower...the graves on the hill, Lonely, and spectral, and sombre, and stilL 8 And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height, A glimmer, and then a gleam of light... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite...above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Military art and science - 1864 - 254 pages
...to^moimt and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite shore walked Paul Severe. Now he patted his horse's side,' Now gazed at the...above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then ajjleam of .light!... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...And turned and tightened his saddlegirth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!... | |
| Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 372 pages
...And turned and tightened his saddle-girth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry tower of the old North Church, As it rose above the graves...the hill, Lonely and spectral and somber and still. 8. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height, A glimmer, and then a gleam, of light ! He springs... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 386 pages
...And turned and tightened his saddle-girth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry tower of the old North Church, As it rose above the graves...the hill, Lonely and spectral and somber and still. 8. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height, A glimmer, and then a gleam, of light! He springs... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1867 - 482 pages
...And turned and tightened his saddlegirth ; But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light!... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats. Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride, Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride On the opposite...above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light... | |
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