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America, Picturesque and Descriptive - Page 231
by Joel Cook - 1900
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The Lady's Magazine and Museum of the Belles-lettres, Fine Arts ..., Volume 8

English literature - 1836 - 496 pages
...crimson lilk, embroidered by the Moravian linns of lietrili-hem in Pennsylvania. When the dying flume of day Through the chancel shot its ray, Far the glimmering tapers bheil Faint light on the cowled head, And the censer burning swung, \Yhere before the altar hung That...
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The United States Literary Gazette, Volume 2

1824 - 494 pages
...embroidered by the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem in Pennsylvania. See NA Review, New Series, vol. xi. p. 390. When the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...on the cowled head, And the censer burning swung, Whore before the altar bung Tbe proud banner, that with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the...
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The United States Literary Gazette, Volume 2

Literature - 1825 - 492 pages
...Pennsylvania. See NA Review, New Series, vol. v . p. 390. When the dying flame of day Through the chancel sliot its ray. Far the glimmering tapers shed Faint light on the cowled head, And the censer hurning swung, Where hefore the altar hung The proud hanner, that with prayer Had heen consecrated...
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Miscellaneous Poems Selected from the United States Literary Gazette

American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...American Revolution, was of crimson silk, embroidered by the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem iu Pennsylvania* When the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...the altar hung That proud banner, which with prayer Take thy banner!—may it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave, When the battle's distant wail Breaks...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth Century

Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...Revolution, was ot crimson silk, embroidered by the Moravian Nons of Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania. WHF.N the dying flame of day, Through the chancel shot its...there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was heard the while, £ung low in the dim mysterious aisle. Take thy banner I — may it wave Proudly o'er the good and...
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Literary Port Folio, Issues 1-26

1830 - 222 pages
...American Revolution, was of Crimson Silk, embroidered by the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem, ID Pennsylvania. When the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot...And the censer burning swung, Where before the altar linng That proud banner which with prayer Had been consecrated there. And the nuns' sweet hymn was...
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The First-class Reader: A Selection for Exercises in Reading : from Standard ...

Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Readers - 1833 - 288 pages
...American Revolution, was of crimson silk, embroidered by the Moravian nuns of Bethlehem in Pennsylvania. WHEN the dying flame of day Through the chancel shot its ray, Far the glimmering tapers shed And the censer burning swung, Faint light on the cowled head, Where before the altar hung Had been...
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The Beauties of the English Annuals for MDCCCXXXV.

English fiction - 1834 - 672 pages
...• Far the glimmering tapers shed ' J . '•' '*' . Faint light on the cowled head, 'Jt : . . • .- And the censer burning swung, '••. •».'.•...'••'•'. .That proud banner, which with prayer, .•••I',' .• ' .. .*.' Had been consecrated there. ','4 '• , And the nuns' sweet hymn was...
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Selections from the American Poets: With Some Introductory Remarks

American poetry - 1834 - 406 pages
...the Moravian nuits of Bethlehem, In PenuylvuiiiL • WHEN the dying flame of day Through the ehaneel shot its ray, Far the glimmering tapers shed Faint light on the eowled head, And the eenser burning swung, Where before the altar hung That proud banner, whieh, with...
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The Bondman: A Story of the Times of Wat Tyler

Mrs. O'Neill - Great Britain - 1835 - 214 pages
...American Revolution, was of crimson silk, embroidered by the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem, in Pennsylvania. WHEN the dying flame of day, Through the chancel shot...the altar hung That proud banner, which with prayer, Take thy banner ! — may it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave, When the battle's distant wail Breaks...
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