 The Slave's Dream BESIDE the ungathered rice he lay, His sickle in his hand; His breast was bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The lordly...  Poems on Slavery - Page 11de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1842 - 31 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1831 - 492 pages
...Mine shall thy fetters be Never ; no never ! Brighton. WMW THE SLAVE'S DREAM. Beside th'ungathered rice he lay, His sickle in his hand ; His breast was bare, hia matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his native land.... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1880 - 194 pages
...(simplicitas). See Exercise LIV. 6, 8, note. Observe the apposition in line 2. EXERCISE LVII I. (Longfellow). His breast was bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, 5 He saw his native land. 1, 2. The slave rested stretched beside... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...sepulchres ; but man, to man more cruel, Appoints no end to the sufferings of his slave. MASSINOEE. TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING. THE pages of thy book I read,...bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The... | |
 | 1843 - 418 pages
...ght, and bring us into trouble ; but we will venture upon half, and trust to the author's clemency. THE SLAVE'S DREAM. BESIDE, the ungathered rice he...bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The... | |
 | 1843 - 574 pages
...inspired than when painting in the colours and pleading in the strain of our poet. Let him tell us of " The Slave's Dream." Beside the ungathered rice he...bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...Our deeds are all of them component elements of success."* THE SLAVE'S DREAM. BY HENRT W. LONGFRLLOW. Beside the ungathered rice he lay, His sickle in his...bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his native land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...to let it remain as it was written, a feeble testimony of my admiration for a great and good man.] TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING. THE pages of thy book I read,...bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The... | |
 | 1849 - 270 pages
...line, Worthily of love of thine, Loving fellow -creature ! EB BARRETT. THE SLAVE'S DREAM. BESIDE tho ungathered rice he lay, His sickle in his hand ; His...bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...this land revokes The old and chartered Lie, The feudal curse, whose whips and yokes Insult humamty. A voice is ever at thy side Speaking in tones of might,...bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his Native Land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...prophetic voice, that cried Write ! and tell out this bloody tale ; Record this dire eclipse, This lay of wrath, this endless wail, This dread Apocalypse...bare, his matted hair Was buried in the sand. Again, in the mist and shadow of sleep, He saw his native land. Wide through the landscape of his dreams The... | |
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