Yet the traveller knows it a place of prayer, For the holy sign of the cross is there : And should he chance at that place to be. Of a Sabbath morn, or some hallowed day, When prayers are made and masses are said, Some for the living and some for the... Illinois Catholic Historical Review - Page 411918Full view - About this book
| Jared Sparks - United States - 1845 - 472 pages
...made and masses are said, Some for the living, and some for the dead, — Well might that traveller start to see The tall dark forms, that take their...shore, And the forest paths, to that chapel door; t And marvel to mark the naked knees And the dusky foreheads bending there, — And, stretching his... | |
| Caroline Howard Gilman - 1884 - 254 pages
...are made and masses are said, Some for the living and some for the dead, Well might that traveller start to see The tall dark forms that take their way...there — And, stretching his long, thin arms over those In blessing and in prayer, Like a shrouded spectre, pale and tall, In his coarse, white vesture,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...are made, and masses are said, Some for the living and some for the dead, Well might that traveller start to see The tall, dark forms, that take their way From the bireh canoe, on the river-shore, And the forest-paths, to that chapel-door ; And marvel to mark the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...are made, and masses are said, Some for the living and some for the dead, Well might that traveller start to see The tall, dark forms, that take their way From the birch canoe, on the river-shore, And the forest-paths, to that chapel-door ; And marvel to mark the naked knees And the... | |
| 1847 - 800 pages
...made and masses arc said. Some for the living and some for the dead, — Well might that traveller start to see The tall dark forms, that take their...there,— And, stretching his long, thin arms over thcae In blessing and in prayer. Like a shrouded spectre pale and tall, In his coarse white vesture.... | |
| Jared Sparks - United States - 1845 - 484 pages
...made and masses are said, Some for the living, and some for the dead, — Well might that traveller start to see The tall dark forms, that take their...dusky foreheads bending there, — And, stretching hia long, thin arms over these In blessing and in prayer, Like a shrouded spectre, pale and tall, In... | |
| William Ingraham Kip - Indians of North America - 1846 - 356 pages
...made and masses are said, Some for the living, and some for the dead, — Well might the traveller start to see The tall dark forms, that take their...mark the naked knees And the dusky foreheads bending these, — And, stretching his long thin arms over these In blessing and in prayer, • Like a shrouded... | |
| Jared Sparks - United States - 1848 - 504 pages
...made and masses are said, Some for the living, and some for the dead, — Well might that traveller start to see The tall dark forms, that take their...pale and tall, In his coarse white vesture, Father Ralle ! " Whittier's Mogg Megont. common share of patient, loving perseverance. The afternoon he employed... | |
| Orsamus Turner - Allegany County (N.Y.) - 1849 - 744 pages
...should he chance at that place to be, Of a Sabbath morn on some hallowed day, Well might the traveller start to see The tall dark forms that take their way...pale and tall, In his coarse white vesture, Father RALLX." But now, " No wigwam smoke is curling there ; The very earth is scorched and bare ; And they... | |
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