 With downcast eyes and modest grace; For well she knew, I could not choose But gaze upon her face. I told her of the Knight that wore Upon his shield a burning brand; And that for ten long years he wooed The Lady of the Land. I told her how he pined ;...  Roses and Holly. A Gift-book for All the Year - Seite 62von Roses - 1867 - 146 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1918 - 1116 Seiten
...air ; I sang an old and moving story — An old rude song, that suited wel] That ruin wild and hoary. She listen'd with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace; For well she knew I could not chooi,e But gaze upon her face. I told her of the Knight that wore Upon... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 Seiten
...Upon his shield a burning brand ; And that for ten long years he wooed The Lady of the Land. 3» I told her how he pined : and ah ! The deep, the low,...With which I sang another's love, Interpreted my own. 36 She listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace; And she forgave me that... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - 1923 - 864 Seiten
...wore Upon his shield a burning brand; 30 And that for ten long years he wooed The Lady of the Land. I told her how he pined: and ah! The deep, the low,...the pleading tone With which I sang another's love, 35 Interpreted my own. She listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes, and modest grace ; And... | |
 | Friedrich W. D. Brie - 1923 - 328 Seiten
...brand; And that for ' ten long years he wooed The Lady of the Land. 32 I told her how he pined: and ahl The deep, the low, the pleading tone With which I sang another's love, Interpreted my own. 36 She listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes, and modest grace ; And she forgave me, that... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - 1910 - 966 Seiten
...brand ; And that for ten long years lie wooed The Lady of the Land. I told her how he pined : find then lie turn'd, and sternly spake aloud :— '• Hise ! listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes, and modest grace And she forgave me, that I gazed... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - 1926 - 906 Seiten
...wore Upon his shield a burning brand; And that for ten long years he wooed The Lady of the Land. I told her how he pined; and ah! The deep, the low,...which I sang another's love Interpreted my own. She listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace; And she forgave me, that I gazed... | |
 | John Dover Wilson - 1927 - 310 Seiten
...wore Upon his shield a burning brand; 3o And that for ten long years he wooed The Lady of the Land. I told her how he pined: and ah! The deep, the low,...which I sang another's love, Interpreted my own. She listened with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes, and modest grace; And she forgave me, that I gazed... | |
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