 Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near its brow O'er the abyss : — his broad expanded wings Lay calm and motionless upon the air, As if he floated there without their aid, By the sole act of his unlorded will, That buoyed him proudly up.  Life of Edwin Forrest, the American Tragedian - Page 207by William Rounseville Alger - 1877 - 864 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1825 - 96 pages
...soon be here. O when will liberty Be here, my Erni ? That's my thought, which still I find beside. Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near its brow O'er the abyss : — his broad-expanded wings Lay calm and motionless upon the air, As if he floated there without their aid,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1830 - 334 pages
...I hold my hands to you, To show they still are free. I rush to you As though I could embrace you ! Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near its brow O'er the abyss : — his broad-expanded wings Lay calm and motionless upon the air, As if he floated there without their aid,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1831 - 356 pages
...you, To show they still are free. I rush to you As though I could embrace you! Scaling yonder peak, As if he floated there without their aid, By the sole...Instinctively I bent my bow; yet kept he rounding still Of measuring the ample range beneath His airy circle, as in the delight And round about, absorbed,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...I hold my hands to you, To show they still are free ! I rush to you, As though I could embrace you! Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near its brow O'er the abyss: his broad-expanded wings Lay calm and motionless upon the air, As if he floated there without their aid,... | |
 | 1838 - 332 pages
...I hold my hands to you To show th'cy still are free. 1 rush to you As though i could embrace you ! Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near...their aid, By the sole act of his unlorded will, That buoy'd him proudly up. Instinctively 1 bent my bow ; yet kept he rounding still His airy circle, as... | |
 | 1839 - 544 pages
...SERIOUS AND SENTIMENTAL. Will soon be here. O, when will liberty Be here ? My Erni, that's my thought. Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near...its brow : O'er the abyss, his broad expanded wings Instinctively I bent my bow; he heeded not Lay calm and motionless upon the air. The death that threatened... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1841 - 420 pages
...soon be here. O, when will liberty Be here ? My Erni, that's my thought, which still I find beside. Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near...their aid, By the sole act of his unlorded will, That buoy'd him proudly up. Instinctively I bent my bow; yet kept he rounding still His airy circle, as... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1841 - 460 pages
...soon be here. O, when will liberty Be here ? My Erni, that's my thought, which still I find beside. Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near...their aid, By the sole act of his unlorded will, That buoy'd him proudly up. Instinctively I bent my bow ; yet kept he rounding still His airy circle, as... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1841 - 428 pages
...soon be here. O, when will liberty Be here ? My Erni, that's my thought, which still I find beside. Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near...their aid, By the sole act of his unlorded will, That buoy'd him proudly up. Instinctively I bent my bow; yet kept he rounding still His airy circle, as... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...deliver us from e-vil : For thine is the king-dom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen." "Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near its brow ; O'er the abyss, his broad ex-yora-ded wings Lay calm and mo-tionless upon the air, As if he floated there with-out their aid,... | |
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