| Art - 1820 - 416 pages
...Who are these coming to the sacrifice ? To what green Altar, O mysterious Priest! Lead'st thou lhat Heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks...with garlands drest ? What little town by river or sea shore Or mountain built with peuceful citadel Is emptied of this folk this pious morn ? And little... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 460 pages
...parching tongue. Who are these coming to the sacrifice ? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands dressM ? What little town by river or sea-shore, Or raountain-bnilt with peaceful citadel, Is emptied... | |
| 1840 - 756 pages
...seem to have run (from a Greenwich pensioner to a Grecian vase), the truth of that sentiment, — '' What little town by river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be ; and not a soul... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...sacrifice ? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, What little town by river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn ? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be ; and not a... | |
| England - 1839 - 684 pages
...tongue. 4. Who are these coming to the sacrifice ? To what green altar, O, mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer, lowing at the skies, And all her...with garlands drest ? What little town by river or sea shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this folk, this pious morn ? And,... | |
| English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...tongue. Who are these coming to the sacrifice * To what green altar, oh mysterious priest, Lead's! thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands dress'd ? What little town by river or seashore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1840 - 554 pages
...parching tongue. Who are these coming to the sacrifice ? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies. And all her silken flanks with garlands dnstf What iitile town by river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, MISCELLANEOCS... | |
| John Keats - English poetry - 1841 - 254 pages
...tongue. IV. Who are these coming to the sacrifice ? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her...peaceful citadel, Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn ? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be ; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate,... | |
| Frederick William Faber - Cathedrals - 1842 - 672 pages
...coming to the sacrifice ? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Leadst thou that heifer lowing to the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands...peaceful citadel, Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn ? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be ; and not a soul, to tell Why thou art... | |
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