 I know the shaggy hills about, The meadows smooth and wide, The plains, that, toward the southern sky, Fenced east and west by mountains lie. A white man, gazing on the scene, Would say a lovely spot was here, And praise the lawns...  Eve Effingham: Sequel to Homeward Bound - Pagina 88de James Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 287 paginiVizualizare completă - Despre această carte
 | 1826 - 192 pagini
...fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The... | |
 | 1829 - 286 pagini
...father's ancient burial place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. " This bank, in which the dead were laid, Was sacred when its soil was ours ; Hither the artless Indian... | |
 | Lyre - 1830 - 396 pagini
...fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The... | |
 | 1832 - 650 pagini
...fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. ' For here the upland bank sends out A ridge towards the river side, I know the shaggy hills about,... | |
 | 1834 - 402 pagini
...fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pagini
...father's ancient burial-place. Ere from these vales, ashamed ana weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about. The... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pagini
...fathers ancient burying-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sen. ls out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pagini
...fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pagini
...fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pagini
...fathers' ancient burial-place Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The... | |
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