 Forbid not thee to weep : Nor will the Christian host, Nor will thy father's spirit grieve, To see thee, on the battle's eve, Lamenting, take a mournful leave Of her who loved thee most : She was the rainbow to thy sight ! Thy sun — thy heaven — of...  The Port Folio - Page 1661809Full view - About this book
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 510 pages
...breath was giv'n " ' By milder genii o'er the deep, *' * The spirits of the white man's heav'n " * Forbid not thee to weep :— " ' Nor will the Christian..." ' Lamenting take a mournful leave " ' Of her who lov'd thee most : " ' She was the rainbow to thy sight! '' ' Thy sun — thy heav'n — of lost delight!... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Massacre, 1778 - 1809 - 148 pages
...flow'r, whose breath was giv'n ' By milder genii o'er the deep, ' The spirits of the white man's heav'n ' Forbid not thee to weep : — ' Nor will the Christian host, * Nor will thy father's spirit grieve 4 To see thee, on the battle's eve, 1 Lamenting take a mournful leave ' Of her who lov'd thee most:... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 456 pages
...produce to justify our asserting for the author the preeminent merit of his lyrical poetry. XXXVIL "To-morrow let us do or die !* But when the bolt of death is hurled, * This expression occurs in Burns's Bannockbum ; yet it is a kind of common property, being... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...whose breath was giv'n ' By milder genii o'er the deep, ' The spirits of the white man's heav'ft ' Forbid not thee to weep: — ' Nor will the Christian...eve, ' Lamenting take a mournful leave ' Of her who lov'd thee most : ' She was the rainbow to thy sight! ' Thy sun — thy heav'n — of lost delight!... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...whose breath was giv'u ' By milder genii o'er the deep, ' The spirits of the white man's heav'n • Forbid not thee to weep :— ' Nor will the Christian...eve, ' Lamenting, take a mournful leave ' Of her who lov'd thee most: ' She was the rainbow to thy sight 1 ' Thy sun—thy heav'n—of lost delight !XXXVII.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1814 - 274 pages
...spirit grieve ' To see thee, on the battle's eve, ' Lamenting, take a mournful leave ' Of her who lov'd thee most : ' She was the rainbow to thy sight ! ' Thy sun — thy heav'n— of lost delight!— XXXVII. ' To-morrow let us do or die! ' But when the bolt of death is... | |
 | England - 1839 - 872 pages
...man's heaven Forbld not tbee to weep : — Nor will the Chrislian host, Nur will thf Father's npirit grieve, To see thee, on the battle's eve, Lamenting, take a mournful leave Of her who loved theo most : She was the rainbow to thy sight t Thy sun — thy heaven — uf lost delight ! " " It... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 252 pages
...hreath was giv'n 'By milder genk o'er the deep, 'The spirits of the white man's heav'u . . ' Forhid not thee to weep : — 'Nor will the Christian host,...thy father's spirit grieve ' To see thee, on ,the hattle's eve, ' Lamenting take a mournful leave ' Of her who lov'd thee most : ''She was the rainhow... | |
 | British poets - 1828 - 828 pages
...milder genii o'er the deep, The spirits of the white man's heaven Forbid not thee to weep : Nor ģill the Christian host. Nor will thy father's spirit grieve,...To-morrow let us do or die! But when the bolt of death is hurled, Ah! whither then with thee to fly, Shall Outalissi roam the world? Seek we thy once-loved home?... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1828 - 260 pages
...flow'r, whose breath was giv'n ' By milder genii o'er the deep, ' The spirits of the white man's heav'n ' Forbid not thee to weep : — ' Nor will the Christian...She was the rainbow to thy sight ! ' Thy sun — thy heav'n — of lost delight ! XXXVII. ' To-morrow let us do or die ! ' But when the bolt of death is... | |
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