And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight... The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Side 2521819Fuld visning - Om denne bog
| English poetry - 1809 - 302 sider
...blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wo ! And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And, though sometimes, each... | |
| John Sabine - 1810 - 308 sider
...his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down' And with a withering look, The war- denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe. And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat; And though sometimes, each dreary pause... | |
| Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 sider
...blood-stain'd sword in thunder down,. And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took,. And blew a blast so loud and dread* Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ! And ever and' anon he beat, The doubling drum with furious heat, And though, sometimes, each dreary... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 sider
...sight—-seem'd burstingfrom his head, And, with a withering look, The war denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast, so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wo ; Sad proof of thy distressful state. Of differing rtBBIfcvthe veering song was mix'd : Thy numbers,... | |
| 1814 - 310 sider
...blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And, with a withering look, The war -denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ! And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary... | |
| William Scott - 1814 - 424 sider
...his blood stain'd sword in thunder down j And with a withering look, The war denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe j And ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum with furious heat : And though, sometimes, each dreary... | |
| Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 sider
...his blood stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look, The war denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wo ; And ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum with furious heat : And though, sometimes, each dreary... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 sider
...his blood-stain'd sword in thundti down, And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wot. And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious hat: And though sometimes, each dreary... | |
| Edward Daniel Clarke - 1817 - 632 sider
...VI11. pearance, from a thick forest, upon the project- <—,—/ ing point of a rock; where, being safe from all chance of approach on our part, she gave...very pleasing tones: but in the immense forests of Angermannland, and in many parts of the provinces bordering upon the northern shores of the Gulph of... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 sider
...his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down; And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe. And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat : And though sometimes, each dreary pause... | |
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