 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-born spirit fled ! ' Be this,' she cried, as she wing'd her flight, ' My welcome gift at the Gates of Light,...warfare, blood like this, For liberty shed, so holy is,1 It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles among the bowers of bliss! Oh ! if there bo,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pages
...from its baso Than foree the yoke of slavery upon men Detcrmin'd to be free. Southey, Joan of Are. Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause ; Moore, Laila... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 548 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-l>orn spirit fled ! " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light...oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, " Sweet is our welcome of the brave, Who die thus for their native land. But see — alas ! — the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1882 - 1040 pages
...we worship their memories. We plant above their graves the willow and the laurel, and we feel that blood like this "For liberty shed so holy is It would not §tain the purest rill That sparkles among the bowers of bliss. Oh ! if there be on this earthly sphere... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1883 - 624 pages
...— See his History in Dow and Sir J. Malcolm. LALLA ROOKH. 59 " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause I* " Sweet,"... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...ages have not yet subdued In man, to have no master save his mood. 2677 Byron : Island. Canto I. St 2 Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause. a!678 Moore... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...when the rush of war was past, Swiftly descending on a ray 'Be this,' she cried, as she wing'd her a union aros m * 125 flight, It would not stain the purest rill. That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss! Oh! if there... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1887 - 476 pages
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before his free-born spirit fled ! " Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, My welcome gift at the Gates of Light...earthly sphere, A boon, an offering, heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws, From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause!" LIL— THE... | |
 | 1886 - 300 pages
...ends so noble is, It would stain not the purest of those who still Long to sit on the treasury bench of bliss. Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere A boon that the Devil holds truly dear, 'Tis the false eclat which knavery draws From a premier who falls... | |
 | 1889 - 466 pages
...drop his heart had shed Before its free-born spirit fled ! 13. "Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....so holy is It would not stain the purest rill That sparkle;} among the bowers of bliss ! Oh, if there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering heaven... | |
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Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light ; Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For liberty shed, so holy is. It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles... 
