 | 1868 - 874 Seiten
...honey and milk ; But 'twas they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We welcome back our bravest and our best ; Ah, me...the rest Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But the sad strings complain, And will not please the... | |
 | 1868 - 850 Seiten
...honey nnd milk ; But 'twas they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We welcome back our bravest and our best ; Ah, me ! not all I some come not with the rest Who went forth brave and bright as any here I I strive to mix some gladness... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - 1869 - 214 Seiten
...honey and milk ; But 'twas they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We welcome back our bravest and our best; Ah me !...the rest Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But the sad strings complain, And will not please the... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 312 Seiten
...nettle danger soft for us as silk. 19 We welcome back our bravest and our bent; — Ah me I not all I some come not with the rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But tho sad strings complain, And will not pleaao tho... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 Seiten
...honey and milk ; But 't was they won it, sword in hand. Making the nettle danger soft for us as ' silk. We welcome back our bravest and our best ; — Ah...rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But the sad strings complain, And will not Iilease... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 Seiten
...honey and milk; But 'twas they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We welcome back our bravest and our best ; — Ah,...rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But the sad strings complain, And will not please the... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 Seiten
...honey and milk ; But 't was they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We welcome back our bravest and our best ; — Ah,...rest, Who went forth brave and bright' as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But the sad strings complain, . And will not please... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 242 Seiten
...milk ; But 't was they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We weleome back our bravest and our best ; — Ah, me ! not all...rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But the sad strings complain, And will not please the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 Seiten
...milk : But 't was they won it, sword in hand, Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We weleome back our bravest and our best; — Ah, me ! not all...rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain. But the sad strings complain, Ami will not please the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 Seiten
...Making the nettle danger soft for us as silk. We weleome hack our bravest and our best ; — Ah, ine! not all! some come not with the rest, Who went forth brave and bright as any here ! I strive to mix some gladness with my strain, But the sad strings complain, And will not please the... | |
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I sweep them for a paean, but they wane Again and yet again Into a dirge, and die away, in pain. In these brave ranks I only see the gaps, Thinking of dear ones whom the dumb turf wraps... 
