A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet. That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of... The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Seite 239von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 644 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1912 - 350 Seiten
...passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 310 Seiten
...passing, a $park Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding...broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides ; And under the alders, that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 528 Seiten
...passing, a spark Struck out by a stecd that flies fearless and fleet : That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. 10 It was twelve by the Tillage-clock, When he crossed the bridge into Medford town He heard the crowing... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 Seiten
...Struck out by a steed that flies fearless and fleet : That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and The fate of a nation was riding that night ; And the...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat 1 0 It was twelve by the village-clock, When he crossed the bridge into Medford town He heard the crowing... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 Seiten
...passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding...and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides; And under the alders that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 254 Seiten
...passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! ' And . jet, through the gloom and the light, • The fate of a nation was...broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides ; And under the. aJclerSj that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 232 Seiten
...light, The fate of a nation was riding that night ;j And the spark struck out by that steed, in his He has left the village and mounted the steep, And...broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides ; And under the alders, that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 Seiten
...passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding...broad and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides ; And under the alders, that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 182 Seiten
...passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding...flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat. 3 17 He has left the village and mounted the steep, And beneath him, tranquil and broad and deep, Is... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 144 Seiten
...That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; Kindled the land into flame with its heat. He has...and deep, Is the Mystic, meeting the ocean tides; And under the alders, that skirt its edge, Now soft on the sand, now loud on the ledge, Is heard the... | |
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