 The embattled portal-arch he passed, Whose ponderous gate and massy bar Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The duchess marked his weary pace, His timid mien and reverend face, And bade her...  St. Clyde - Page 92de St. Clyde (fict.name.) - 1816Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 pages
...eye ; No humbler resting-place was nigh. With hesitating step, at last, Th' embattled portal-arch he passed, Whose ponderous gate and massy bar Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The duchess marked his weary pace, His... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 392 pages
...— No humbler resting-place was nigh. "With hesitating step, at last, The embattled portal arch he passed, "Whose ponderous gate, and massy bar, Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The Duchess marked his weary pace, THa... | |
 | Charles Bernard Gibson - 1854 - 382 pages
...— No humbler resting-place was nigh. With hesitating step, at last, The embattled portal arch he passed, "Whose ponderous gate, and massy bar, Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The Duchess marked his weary pace, His... | |
 | 1861 - 144 pages
...— No humbler resting-place was nigh. With hesitating step, at last, Th' embattled portal-arch he passed, Whose ponderous gate and massy bar Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The duchess marked his weary pace, His... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 96 pages
...Humbler. L., humilis, low ; humus, the ground. With hesitating step, at last, Th' embattled portal arch he passed, Whose ponderous gate and massy bar Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door 35 Against the desolate and poor. The Duchess marked his weary pace,... | |
 | Lionel Ernest Adams - 1884 - 92 pages
...withered cheek and tresses gray Seemed to have known a better day. * » * # The embattled portal-arch he passed, Whose ponderous gate and massy bar Had oft rolled back the tide of war. * * * * The Duchess marked his weary pace, His timid mien and reverend face, And bade her page the... | |
 | 1899 - 408 pages
...eye — No humbler resting-place was nigh. With hesitating step at last The embattled portal-arch he passed, Whose ponderous gate and massy bar Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The duchess marked his weary pace, His... | |
 | 1899 - 434 pages
...eye — No humbler resting-place was nigh. With hesitating step at last The embattled portal-arch he passed, Whose ponderous gate and massy bar Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The duchess marked his weary pace, His... | |
 | Frank Roy Fraprie - 1907 - 512 pages
...— No humbler resting-place was nigh. With hesitating step, at last, The embattled portal-arch he passed, Whose ponderous gate and massy bar Had oft rolled back the tide of war, But never closed the iron door, Against the desolate and poor. The Duchess marked his weary pace, His... | |
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