I saw her bright reflection In the waters under me, Like a golden goblet falling And sinking into the sea. And far in the hazy distance Of that lovely night in June, The blaze of the flaming furnace Gleamed redder than the moon. Poems of Places: America - Page 138edited by - 1878Full view - About this book
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...down the burning chords, — " Forevermore, forevermore, The reign of violence is o'er ! " THE BRIDGE. I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were...distance Of that lovely night in June, The blaze of the flaming furnace Gleamed redder than the moon. Among the long, black rafters The wavering shadows lay,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...sweet echoes multiplied, Still the birds repeat the legend, And the name of Vogelweid. THE BRIDGE. I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were...distance Of that lovely night in June, The blaze of the flaming furnace Gleamed redder than the moon. Among the long, black rafters, The wavering shadows lay,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 pages
...down the burning chords, — " Forevermore, forevermore, The reign of violence is o'er!" THE BRIDGE. I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were...hour, And the moon rose o'er the city, Behind the church-tower. I saw her bright reflection In the waters under me, Like a golden goblet falling And... | |
| Robert Kemp Philp - 580 pages
..." THE BRIDGE. • via i • • BT HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, i <;• As the clocks were striking the hour, .: And the moon rose o'er the city , . . Behind the old churoh.tower. , . i'j "uit&P* y**8 »Pde,r Kto^eMri'rfwift Like a golden goblet falling, And sinking... | |
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| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...down the burning chords, — " Forevermore, forevermore The reign of violence is o'er !" THE BRIDGE. I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were...in the hazy distance Of that lovely night in June, Among the long, black rafters The wavering shadows lay, And the current that came from the ocean Seemed... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1852 - 698 pages
...more indulgent. I see no fault committed that I have not committed myself. — Goethe. THE BRIDGE. I STOOD on the bridge at midnight,' As the clocks...hour, And the moon rose o'er the city, Behind the dark church tower. I saw her bright reflection In the waters under me, Like a golden goblet falling And... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...its blast, And on from sphere to sphere the words Reechoed down the burning chords, — THE BRIDGE. I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were...hour, And the moon rose o'er the city, Behind the dark church tower. I saw her bright reflection In the waters under me, Like a golden goblet falling \iiil... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...the burning chords, — "Forevermore, forevermore, The reign of violence is o'er ! " 1 THE BRIDGE. I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, As the clocks were...distance Of that lovely night in June, The blaze of the flaming furnace Gleamed redder than the moon. Among the long, black rafters The wavering shadows lay,... | |
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