 Awaked the need-fire's slumbering brand, And ruddy blush'd the heaven : For a sheet of flame, from the turret high, Waved like a blood-flag on the sky, All flaring and uneven ; And soon a score of fires, I ween, From height, and hill, and cliff, were...  Shore and Sea; Or, Stories of Great Vikings and Sea-captains - Page 30de William Henry Davenport Adams - 1883 - 348 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1891 - 614 pages
...his " Lay of the Last Minstrel " in the following terms :— A score of fires From height, and bill, and cliff were seen. Each with warlike tidings fraught...signal caught ; Each after each they glanced to sight A» stars añse лроп the night. Standing some 1,020 feet above the level of the sea, the Beacon... | |
 | 1846 - 438 pages
...sheet of llame, from the turret high, Waved like a blood flag in the sky, All flaring and uneven ; And soon a score of fires, I ween, From height, and...hill, and cliff, were seen; Each with warlike tidings fraub'lit : Each from each the signal caught ; Each after each they glanced to sight, As stars arise... | |
 | 1857 - 524 pages
...first, were Cain to catch > kindle at the flame. Throughout the firmament of the Church'i heiiven, — ' Each after each they glanced to sight, As stars arise upon the night.' "Thus, within a few years, from 1785 to 1793, Connecticut, which first received the gift, gave signal... | |
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