 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...are bright, The watch-clog's bark comes faint from far, Shakes on tin- ear the saw-mill's jar, Tin' steamer like a darting bird Parts the rich emerald...of thy wave, And the gay song and laugh are heard, Hut all is o'er the Indian's grave. Pause, white man! check thy onward stride ! Cease o'er the flood... | |
 | Alfred Billings Street - Canada - 1849 - 352 pages
...now, Villages point their spires to heaven, XXVII. Down verdant points come herds to drink, Flocks strew, like spots of snow, thy brink ; The frequent...o'er the Indian's grave. Pause, white man ! check thy lifted stride ! Cease o'er the flood thy prow to guide ! Until is given one sigh sincere For those... | |
 | 1849 - 970 pages
...is driven ; Down verdant points come herds to drink, Flocks strew, like spots of snow, thy brink j The frequent farm-house meets the sight, Mid falling...laugh are heard, But all is o'er the Indian's grave.' But we must pause ; having left to us only space again to commend the beautiful volume from which the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1849 - 714 pages
...harvests scythes are bright, The watch-dog's bark comes faint from far, Shakes on the ear the saw-mills' jar, The steamer like a darting bird Parts the rich...wave, And the gay song, and laugh are heard, But all it o'er the Indian's grave. Pause, white man ! check thy lifted stride ! Cease o'er the flood thy prow... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 870 pages
...The frequent farm-house meets the sight, 'Mid falling harvests scythes are bright, The watch dog's bark comes faint from far, Shakes on the ear the saw-mill's...grave. Pause, white man ! check thy onward stride I Cease o'er the flood thy prow to guide ! Until is given one sigh sincere For those who once were... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1879 - 296 pages
...sounds faint from far; Shakes on the ear the saw-mill's jar; The steamer, like a gliding bird, Stems the rich emerald of thy wave; And the gay song and...white man ! check thy onward stride ! Cease o'er the wave thy prow to guide ! Until is given one sigh sincere For those who once were monarchs here; And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 300 pages
...sounds faint from far; Shakes on the ear the saw-mill's jar; The steamer, like a gliding bird, Stems the rich emerald of thy wave; And the gay song and...white man ! check thy onward stride ! Cease o'er the wave thy prow to guide ! Until is given one sigh sincere For those who once were monarchs here; And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1882 - 616 pages
...sounds faint from far; Shakes on the ear the saw-mill's jar; The steamer, like a gliding bird, Stems the rich emerald of thy wave; And the gay song and...white man ! check thy onward stride ! Cease o'er the wave thy prow to guide ! Until is given one sigh sincere For those who once were monarchs here; And... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1882 - 984 pages
...the sight, Mid falling harvests scythes are bright, The watch-dog's bark comes faint from far, Shakos on the ear the saw-mill's jar, The steamer like a...of thy wave, And the gay song and laugh are heard, Hut all is o'er the Indian's grave. Pause, white man! check thy onward stride! Cease o'er the flood... | |
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Pause, white man! check thy onward stride! Cease o'er the flood thy prow to guide! Until is given one sigh sincere For those who once were monarchs here, And prayer is made beseeching God To spare us his avenging rod For all the wrongs upon the head Of... 
