 | United States - 1842 - 650 pages
...disallowed, with " a dead man's curse," and then proceeds, without further preface, to relate the tale. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1842 - 144 pages
...And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. " I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...Baltic's strand; I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 620 pages
...disallowed, with " a dead man's curse," and then proceeds, without further preface, to relate the tale. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - American periodicals - 1842 - 578 pages
...ourselves with one or two extracts, taken at random. The opening of the knight's story is very fine : " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. ' I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...And, like the water's flow Under Decemher's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber: "Far in the northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skate! feat bonnd, Skimm'd the half-frozen Sound, That the pdor, whimpering... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - American literature - 1845 - 262 pages
...From the heart's chamber. Itr. ' 1 wa« a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in foil; has told. No Saga taught thee ! Take heed, that in thy verse Tl on dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse! For tbis 1 sought tbee. el by ,o A sp*c*nil... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1845 - 538 pages
...And, like the wnter's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of wo From the heart's chamber: "Far in the northern land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with xiy childish hand, Tamed the ger-faleon ; And, with my skates fast bound, Skimm'd the half-frozen Sound,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. ' I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No...Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the ger-falcon ; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering... | |
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Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse; For this I sought thee. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the gerfalcon; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed... 
