 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 390 pages
...minstrel boy to the war is gone ; In the ranks of Death you'll find him. His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. "Land...shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee." 2. The minstrel fell : but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proud soul under. The harp he loved... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...Minstrel-boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him ; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. — " Land of song !" said the warrior bard, " Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1863 - 580 pages
...minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you 'll find him, His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. " Land of song ! " said the warrior bard, " Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...minstrel boy to the war is gone ! In the ranks of death you'll find him, His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. " Land of song ! " saJd the warrior bard, " Though all the world betray thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall... | |
 | 1865 - 408 pages
...Minstrel-Boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you' ll find him ; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. — " Land of song ! " said the warrior-bard, "Tho' all the world betrays thee, " One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, " One faithful harp... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...Minstrel Boy to the war is gone, -L in the ranks of death you'll find him : his father's sword he has girded on, and his wild harp slung behind him. —...shall praise thee !' The Minstrel fell ! — but the foeman's chain could not bring his proud soul under : the harp he lov'd ne'er spoke again, for he tore... | |
 | Percival Frost - 1867 - 236 pages
...—Slung. Cf. Virg. Ma. vi. 301 : Ex humeris nodo dependet amictus. The preposition can also be omitted. , Land of song ! said the warrior-bard, Though all the...shall guard ; , One faithful harp shall praise thee. Land of song. Use deditus carminibus. For said cf. Virg. nv 842 : Funditque has ore loquelaa. — Betrays.... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1868 - 568 pages
...girded on, And his wild harp slnng behind him. — ' Land of song ! ' said the warrior bard, ' Tho' all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy...rights shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee ! * " This is a spirit-stirring verse, as an elocutionist might speak it; but how much more grandly... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1869 - 222 pages
...Minstrel-boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him ; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him.— " Land of song !" said the warrior-hard, " Though all the world betrays thee, " One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, "... | |
 | 1870 - 766 pages
...will apply to himself — ".Land of song! said the warrior bard, Though all the world betrays her; One sword at least thy rights shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee." And now SHERIDAN is before us — ill fated son of genius; the companion of nobles yet the friend of... | |
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Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee !" The minstrel fell ! but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proud soul under ! The harp he loved ne'er spoke again, For he tore its... 
