 | 1868 - 1236 ページ
...alludes to its former illustrious occupant : Once, ah ! once, within these walla The father of bis country dwelt; And yonder meadows, broad and damp,...a burning belt. Up and down, these echoing stairs Sounded his majestic tread : Yes ; within this very room Sat he, in those hours of gloom — Weary... | |
 | Cambridge (Mass.) - 1870 - 124 ページ
...both for its past and its present fame, where " The Father of his Country dwelt; And yonder meadow, broad and damp, The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt." On this side, beyond the street, is the ancient house in which were the Provincial Headquarters.1 Out... | |
 | 1871 - 314 ページ
...O'er the light of whose gladness No shadows of sadness From the sombre background of memory start. Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory...the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt, tip and down these echoing stairs, Heavy with the weight of cares, Sounded his majestic tread ; Yes,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 ページ
...of sadness l''rom the sombre background of memory ttart. Once, ah, once, within these walls, ( hie whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country...besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and ilown these echoing stairs, Heavy with the weight of cares, Sounded his majestic tread; Yes, within... | |
 | Samuel Adams Drake - 1874 - 560 ページ
...first had his attention fixed by the mansion which for more than eight months became his residence. "Once, ah ! once, within these walls, One whom memory...country dwelt ; And yonder meadows broad and damp, The tires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. " "Washington probably took possession of... | |
 | 1875 - 466 ページ
...Earth?" Another allusion to Washington's occupancy of the Craigie House occurs in the poem To a Child. "Once, ah, once, within these walls "One whom memory...the besieging camp "Encircled with a burning belt." It is a satisfaction to know that this historic house, of so many noble memories, and so much loved... | |
 | 1879 - 624 ページ
...of General Washington. To this the poet refers in the lines, — Once, ah once, within these walli, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The tires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these echoing stairs, Heavy... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1876 - 154 ページ
...North Avenue. — Ei1. 2 Now the home of the poet, Longfellow, who says of it: — "Once, ah, oncej within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The...stairs, Heavy with the weight of cares, Sounded his ?najestic tread ; Yes, within this very room Sat he in those hours of gloom, Weary both in heart and... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1876 - 152 ページ
...visit to 1 Now North Avenue. — ED. • 2 Now the home of the poet, Longfellow, who says of it : — " Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory...damp, The fires of the besieging camp, Encircled with^ burning belt. Up and down these echoing stairs, Heavy with the weight of cares, Sounded his majestic... | |
 | William James Stillman - 1876 - 90 ページ
...or anywhere on this earthly place of farewells. FROM "TO A CHILD." BY 11ENKY WADSWORTII LONGFELLOW. ONCE, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory...And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the Ix'sieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. Up and down these echoing stairs, Heavy with the weight... | |
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Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt. 
