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" Upon the fast receding hills that dim and distant rise. No marvel that the lady wept, — there was no land on earth She loved like that dear land, although she owed it not her birth ; It was her mother's land, the land of childhood and of friends, —... "
The Literary souvenir; or, Cabinet of poetry and romance, ed. by A.A. Watts ... - Page 114
edited by - 1829
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Penny readings in prose and verse, selected and ed. by J.E. Carpenter, Volume 6

Penny readings - 1867 - 270 pages
...not her birth ; It was her mother's land, the land of childhood and of friends — It was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends —...the land where she had known The tranquil convent's hush'd repose, and the splendours of a throne : No marvel that the lady wept — it was the land of...
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A manual of English prosody

Robert Frederick Brewer - 1869 - 88 pages
...smile | when I | return. Or watch | beside | the old | man's bed, | or weep | upon | his urn. Macaulay. No mar|vel that | the la|dy wept, | it was | the land...cho|sen home | of chiv|alry, | the gar|den of | romance! Sell. I thought | to pass | away | before, | and yet | alive | I am ; And in | the fields | all round...
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The Rival Collection of Prose and Poetry, for the Use of Schools, Colleges ...

Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...it not her birth : It was her mother's land, the land of childhood and of friends, It was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends, The...known The tranquil convent's hushed repose, and the splendors of a throne. — No marvel that the lady wept ; it was the land of France, The chosen home...
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The book of Scottish readings in prose and verse. Ed. by J.A. Mair

Scottish readings - 1872 - 252 pages
...not her birth; It was her mother's land, the land of childhood and of friends — • It was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends —...the land where she had known The tranquil convent's hush'd repose, and the splendours of a throne: No marvel that the lady wept — it was the land of...
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The Star reciter; a collection of prose and poetical gems, selected and ...

Star reciter - 1873 - 330 pages
...land, the land of childhood and of friends — It was the land where she had found for all her griefa amends — The land where her dead husband slept —...No marvel that the lady wept — it was the land of Francej The chosen home of chivalry — the garden of romance ! The past was bright, like those dear...
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From Thomas Campbell to Marquis of Lorne

English poetry - 1876 - 618 pages
...it not her birth: * It was her mother's laud; the laud of ehildhood and of friends; It was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends; The land where her dead husband slept; the lan¡ where she had known The tranquil eonvent's hush'd repose, and the splendours of a throne: No...
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The junior book of poetry [ed.] by W. Davis

William Davis (B.A.) - 1877 - 80 pages
...not her birth ; It was her mother's land,8 the land of childhood and of friends — It was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends —...the land of France — The chosen home of chivalry 4 — the garden of romance ! The past was bright, like those dear hills so far behind her bark ; The...
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The Code poetical reader, by a teacher

Code poetical reader - 1877 - 168 pages
...not her birth ; It was her mother's land,* the land of childhood and of friends, — It was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends, —...known The tranquil * convent's hushed repose, and the 50 splendours of a throne : No marvel that the lady wept — it was the land of France — [romance...
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Ferguson's readings & recitations

Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pages
...not her birth ; It was her mother's land, the land of childhood and of friends — It was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends —...convent's hushed repose, and the splendours of a throne. MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. 133 No marvel that the lady wept — it was the land of France, The chosen home...
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Macleod's First text-book of elocution

Alfred Macleod - 1881 - 316 pages
...owed it not her birth ; It was her mother's land, the land of childhood and of friendsIt was the land where she had found for all her griefs amends —...dead husband slept — the land where she had known [a throne ; The tranquil convent's hushed repose, and the splendours of No marvel that the lady wept...
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