 SLAVE'S DREAM Beside the ungathered rice he lay, His sickle in his hand; His breast was bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land.  Friendship's Forget-me-not - Seite 901849 - 243 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1831 - 492 Seiten
...land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more, a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain road. He saw, once more, his dark-eyed queen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck,... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 Seiten
...the mountain, tinkled (Aids I. a) in long line (ordine continuatus). EXERCISE LX. (same continued). He saw once more his dark-eyed queen Among her children stand ; They clasp' d his neck, they kiss'd his cheeks, They held him by the hand. — A tear burst from the sleeper's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 60 Seiten
...11 Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling...by the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 Seiten
...Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling...by the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins... | |
 | 1843 - 424 Seiten
...Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling...by the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle... | |
 | 1843 - 574 Seiten
...Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain-road. He saw mice more his dark-eyed-queen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck, they kissed his cheeks,... | |
 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1850 - 300 Seiten
...land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams, The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm trees on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain road. He saw once more Ins dark-eyed qneen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck,... | |
 | 1846 - 302 Seiten
...strode ; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain road. He saw once more his dark eyed-queen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck,...by the hand! — ' A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins... | |
 | 1846 - 308 Seiten
...land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling caravans Descend the mountain road. He saw once more his dark eyed-queen Among her children stand ; They clasped his neck,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 Seiten
...Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly Niger flowed ; Beneath the palm-trees on the plain Once more a king he strode ; And heard the tinkling...by the hand ! — A tear burst from the sleeper's lids And fell into the sand. And then at furious speed he rode Along the Niger's bank ; His bridle-reins... | |
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