 Twas a dream of those ages of darkness and blood, When the minister's home was the mountain and wood ; When in Wellwood's dark valley the standard of Zion, All bloody and torn 'mong the heather was lying.  Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale - Page 831882 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas N. Brown - 1859 - 360 pages
...relaxed into a smile at the parallel attempted to be instituted between their own tunes and times when " The standard of Zion All bloody and torn 'mong the heather was lying ;" but the success of the effort redeemed it from sneers. It appealed to certain strongly-marked features... | |
 | 1825 - 618 pages
...dream of those ages of darkness and blond, When the Minister's home was the mountain and wood ; When in Wellwood's dark valley the standard of Zion, All...— and Summer's young sun, from the east, Lay in loving repose on the green mountain's breast : On woodland and cairn-table the clear shining dew Glistened... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...torn 'mang the heather was lying. It was morning, and summer's young son, from the east Lay in loving repose on the green mountain's breast, On Wardlaw, and Cairn-Table, the clear shining dew, GUsten'd sheen 'mang the heath bells and mountain flowers blue. And far up in heaven in the white sunny... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...morning, and summer's young sun, The helmets were cleft, and the red blood from the east Lay in loving repose on the green mountain's breast, On Wardlaw, and Cairn-Table, the clear shining dew, GlUten'd sheen 'mang the heath bells and mountain flowers blue. was streaming, The heavens grew dark,... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pages
...dream of those ages of darkness and blood, When the temple of God, was the mountain and wood; When in Wellwood's dark valley, the standard of Zion, All...morning, and summer's young sun from the east, Lay, in loving repose, on the green mountain's breast: On Wardlaw, and Cairnstable, the clear shining dew Glistn'd... | |
 | 1831 - 500 pages
...and blood, When the minister's home was the mountain and wood ; When in Well-wood's dark moorlands, the standard of Zion, All bloody and torn, 'mong the...morning : and summer's young sun from the east, Lay in loving repose on the green mountain breast. On Wardlaw and Carntable, the clear shining dew Glisten'd... | |
 | Thomas Lockerby - 1839 - 566 pages
...dream of those ages of darkness and blood, When the minister's home was the mountain and wood ; When in Wellwood's dark valley the standard of Zion, All...morning, and summer's young sun from the east Lay in loving repose on the green mountain's breast ; On Wardlaw and Cairntable the clear shining dew, Glisten'd... | |
 | 1876 - 302 pages
...dream of those ages of darkness and blood, When the minister's home was the mountain and wood: When in Wellwood's dark valley the standard of Zion All bloody and torn "mong the heather was lying. EICHABD CAMERON. 43 Twas morning; and summer's young «uu from the east Lay in loving repose on the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 pages
...dream of those ages of darkness and blood, When the minister's home was the mountain and wood, When in Wellwood's dark valley the standard of Zion, All...morning, and summer's young sun, from the east, Lay in loving repose on the green mountain's breast ; On Wardlaw and Cairntable, the clear shining dew Glistcn'd... | |
 | William Morrison Engles - 1844 - 274 pages
...dream of those ages of darkness and blood, When the minister's home was the mountain and wood, When in Wellwood's dark valley the standard of Zion, All...morning, and summer's young sun, from the east, Lay in loving repose on the green mountain's breast ; On Wardlaw and Cairntable, the clear shining dew Glistened... | |
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