 | American periodicals - 1827 - 496 pages
...like the morn," Without a shoe or stocking, hoeing corn. Whether, like Gertrude, she oft wanders there With Shakspeare's volume in her bosom borne, I think...gray, and old, Who tells you where the foot of Battle stept Upon their day of massacre. She told Its tale, and pointed to the spot, and wept, Whereon her... | |
 | American periodicals - 1827 - 492 pages
...like the morn," Without a shoe or stocking, hoeing corn. Whether, like Gertrude, she oft wanders there With Shakspeare's volume in her bosom borne, I think...gray, and old, Who tells you where the foot of Battle slept Upon their day of massacre. She told Its tale, and pointed to the spot, and wept, Whereon her... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - Alnwick Castle - 1827 - 76 pages
...morn," Without a shoe or stocking, — hoeing corn. "Whether, like Gertrude, she oft wanders there, With Shakspeare's volume in her bosom borne, I think...gray, and old, Who tells you where the foot of Battle stept Upon their day of massacre. She told Its tale, and pointed to the spot, and wept, Whereon her... | |
 | William W. Campbell - Cherry Valley (N.Y.) - 1831 - 284 pages
...their lives. Halleck, in allusion to the massacre at Wyoming, has the following interesting lines : "There is a woman, widowed, gray and old, Who tells you where the foot of battle slept Upon their day of massacre. She told Its tale, and pointed to the spot, and wept, Whereon her... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...the morn," Without a shoe or stocking — hoeing corn. Whether, like Gertrude, she oft wanders there, With Shakspeare's volume in her bosom borne, I think...stepped Upon their day of massacre. She told Its tale, find pointed to the spot, and wept, Whereon her father and five brothers slept Shroudless, the bright-dreamed... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 226 pages
...morn," Without a shoe or stocking, — hoeing corn. Whether, like Gertrude, she oft wanders there, With Shakspeare's volume in her bosom borne, I think is doubtful. Of the poet-player The maidenknows no more than Cobbett or Voltaire. VIII. There is a woman, widowed, gray, and old, Who tells... | |
 | 1836 - 496 pages
...the mom," Without a shoe or stocking, hoeing corn ; —Whether like Gertrude, she oft wanders there With Shakspeare's volume in her bosom borne, I think is doubtful — of the poet player The maiden knows no more than Cobbett or Voltaire. There is a woman, widowed, grav, and... | |
 | Alnwick Castle, Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1836 - 114 pages
...the morn," Without a shoe or stocking,—hoeing corn. Whether, like Gertrude, she oft wanders there, With Shakspeare's volume in her bosom borne, I think is doubtful. Of the»poet-player The maidenknows no more than Cobbett or Voltaire. VIII. There is a woman, widowed,... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1843 - 528 pages
...volume in her bosom borne, I think is doubtful. Of Ihe poet-player The maiden knows no more than Cobbetl or Voltaire. There is a woman, widowed, gray, and...Who tells you where the foot of battle stepped, Upon iheir day of massacre. She told Its tale, and pointed to the spot, and wept. Whereon her father and... | |
 | 1843 - 488 pages
...wanders there With Shakspcare's volume in her bosom borne, I think is doubtful — of the poet player The maiden knows no more than Cobbett or Voltaire....There is a woman, widowed, gray, and old, Who tells me where the foot of battle slept Upon their day of massacre. She told Its talc, and pointed to the... | |
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Without a shoe or stocking, — hoeing corn. "Whether, like Gertrude, she oft wanders there, With Shakspeare's volume in her bosom borne, I think is doubtful. Of the poet-player The maiden knows no more than Cobbett or Voltaire. 
