 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - Biography - 1873 - 370 pages
...poetic sensibility who deal with the coarser motives and meaner objects that influence public affairs. In Freedom's War, of * Thirty years ' and more, A...in store, Without a thought to see my home again, J watched both day and night : I could not sleep Like my well-tented comrades far behind, Though near... | |
 | William Stigand - 1875 - 516 pages
...a noble and a mournful strain, and are worthy of their author. The translation is Lord Houghton's : In Freedom's War, of ' Thirty years ' and more, A...watched both day and night : I could not sleep Like my well- tented comrades far behind, Though near enough to let their snoring keep A friend awake, if e'er... | |
 | William Stigand - 1875 - 468 pages
...a noble and a mournful strain, and are worthy of their author. The translation is Lord Houghton's : In Freedom's War, of ' Thirty years ' and more, A...triumphant hope or prize in store, Without a thought to sec my home again. I watched both day and night : I could not sleep Like my well-tented comrades far... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1888 - 916 pages
...freedom for thirty years is valid and true, and expressed in verses worthy of their author : — " s S i]ax53 lU M i i Ӵ C % i ђ ,...c @ ! + 7)qB ; t }[W A ! C ە 寯 CF G |z " Yes ! there I stood, my musket always ready. And when some sneaking rascal showed his head, My eye... | |
 | Kuno Francke, Isidore Singer - English literature - 1914 - 586 pages
...child, That song-and-saga wonder ; Who, when his fabled sword was forged, His anvil cleft in sunder ! To you, who will our Dragon slay, Shall Siegfried's...enough to let their snoring keep A friend awake, if e 'er to doze inclined. And thus, when solitude my spirits shook, Or fear — for all but fools know... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1922 - 204 pages
...Über= tragung von Heines „Enfant Perdu", dem schönen Gedichte aus dem „Romanzero" <Elster l, 430): «In Freedom's war, of 'Thirty years' and more, A...watched both day and night: I could not sleep Like my welUtented comrades far behind, Though near enough to let their snoaring keep A friend awake, if e'er... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1922 - 200 pages
...by. tragung von Heines „Enfant Perdu", dem schönen Gedichte aus dem „Romanzero" <Elster l, 430): «In Freedom's war, of 'Thirty years' 'and more, A...held — in vain: With no triumphant hope or prize in störe, Without a thought to see my hörne again. I watched both day and night: I could not sleep Like... | |
 | Mark Van Doren - Poetry - 1928 - 1390 pages
...luscious pain to me: And my bony fingers write What daylight mult not see. (Lord Houghton) ENFANT PERDU IN Freedom's War, of "Thirty Years" and more, A lonely...in store, Without a thought to see my home again. [ watched both day and night: I could not sleep Like my well-tented comrades far behind, Though near... | |
 | 1905 - 534 pages
...world — that is the simple recipe for the new distinction of democracy. ERNEST CBOSBY. enfant perdu In Freedom's War of "Thirty Years" and more, A lonely...not sleep Like my well-tented comrades far behind, Tho near enough to let their snoring keep A friend awake, if e'er to doze inclined. And thus, when... | |
 | Michael Monahan - 1924 - 220 pages
...emphasis did he picture his life-long battle with the foes of liberty in his famous poem "Enfant Perdu": IN Freedom's War, of "Thirty Years" and more, A lonely outpost have I held — in vain ! I watched both day and night: I could not sleep Like my well-tented comrades far behind, Though near... | |
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Thirty Years" and more, A lonely outpost have I held — in vain ! With no triumphant hope or prize in store, Without a thought to see my home again. I watched both day and night ; I could not sleep Like my well-tented comrades far behind, Though near... 