 It were vain to ask, as thou rollest afar, Of banner, or mariner, ship or star ; It were vain to seek in thy stormy face Some tale of. the sorrowful past to trace. Thou art swelling high, thou art flashing' free, How vain are the questions we ask of thee...  Life and Military Career of Winfield Scott Hancock - Strana 57autor/autoři: John Wien Forney - 1880 - 502 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | John B. Horner - 1809 - 142 str.
...conscientious as he is conscious, he hastens to acknowledge — "It were vain to ask, as thou rosiest afar, Of banner, or mariner, ship or star; It were...free, How vain are the questions we ask of thee!" Again the wave demands his attention; it recedes, but is followed by another; by a third; then by a... | |
 | United States. 37th Congress, 2d session, United States. Congress - 1862 - 96 str.
...fame. The man who could close the rhythmical expression of an exquisite fancy with the exclamation— "It were vain to ask as thou rollest afar, Of banner...flashing free, How vain are the questions we ask of thce! "I too am a wave on a stormy sea; I too am a wanderer, driven like thee; I too am seeking a distant... | |
 | United States. 37th Congress, 2d session, United States. Congress - 1862 - 90 str.
...rhythmical expression of an exquisite fancy with the exclamation — "It were vain to ask as tliou rollest afar, Of banner or mariner, ship or star;...vain are the questions we ask of thee! "I too am a ware on a stormy sea; I too am a wanderer, driven like thee; I too am seeking a distant land To be... | |
 | Oscar Tully Shuck - 1870 - 804 str.
...echo died? What trophies, what banners, are floating free In the shadowy depths of that silent sea? It were vain to ask, as thou rollest afar, Of banner,...flashing free, How vain are the questions we ask of thee ! 1 too am a wave on a stormy sea ; I too am a wanderer, driven like thee ; I too am seeking a distant... | |
 | John Wien Forney - 1873 - 462 str.
...died ? ^Vhat trophies, what banners, are floating free In the shadowy depths of that silent sea ? " It were vain to ask, as thou rollest afar, Of banner...the questions we ask of thee. " I too am a wave on the stormy sea ; 1 too am a wanderer, driven like thee ; I too am seeking a distant land, To be lost... | |
 | John Wien Forney - 1873 - 462 str.
...died ? What trophies, what banners, are floating free In the shadowy depths of that silent sea ? " It were vain to ask, as thou rollest afar, Of banner...or star : It were vain to seek in thy stormy face Sorne tale of the sorrowful past to trace ; Thou art swelling high, thou art flashing free, How vain... | |
 | Oscar Tully Shuck - 1888 - 338 str.
...These lines close a pathetic little poem, "To a Wave," written by him twelve years before his death : " I, too, am a wave on a stormy sea ; I, too, am a wanderer, driven like thee ; I, too, am seeking a distant land, To be lost and gone ere I reach the strand; For the land... | |
 | Oscar Tully Shuck - 1889 - 584 str.
...These lines close a pathetic little poem, "To a Wave," written by him twelve years before his death : " I, too, am a wave on a stormy sea ; I, too, am a wanderer, driven like thee ; I, too, am seeking a distant land, To be lost and gone ere I reach the strand; For the land... | |
 | Edward Dickinson Baker - 1899 - 356 str.
...banners, are floating free In the shadowy depths of that silent sea ? It were vain to ask, as thou rollout afar, Of banner, or mariner, ship or star ; It were...on a stormy sea ; I too am a wanderer, driven like thee ; I too am seeking a distant land To be lost and gone ere I reach the strand. For the land I seek... | |
 | John B. Horner - 1899 - 140 str.
...presumed to ask these questions; and conscientious as he is 'conscious, he hastens to acknowledge— "It were vain to ask, as thou rollest afar, Of banner,...free, How vain are the questions we ask of thee!" Again the wave demands his attention; it recedes, but is followed by another; by a third; then by a... | |
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