 And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall...  Beauties of the British Poets ... - Page 315by George Croly - 1850 - 395 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1900 - 608 pages
...clumsy ; so that though he recovers himself in the final line, the general effect is much damaged : ' Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array.... | |
 | 1831 - 492 pages
...car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war. ********** " Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...The midnight brought the signal sound of strife, The morn, the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently-stern array ! The thunder-clouds close... | |
 | 1816 - 274 pages
...instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshaling in anus, — the day Battle's magnificently stern array... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 - 1817 - 860 pages
...if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over tlie unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall...beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently-stern... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1817 - 860 pages
...trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this liery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning...beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently -stern... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall...burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. ' Last noon beheld them lull of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight... | |
 | England - 1822 - 932 pages
...inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. Alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass, While now beneath them ; but above shall grow In its next...burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low." These verses, so much admired and so popular, are a good example of emotions which are the means of... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...e'er grieves, Over the uureturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass "YVJiich now beneath them , but above shall grow In its next...verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling 0ii the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. Last noon beheld them full... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...mass Of living valour , rolling on the foe And burning with high hope , shall moulder cold and law. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...midnight brought the signal- sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently - stern array! The thunder - clouds... | |
 | John Edgecombe Daniel - Europe - 1820 - 532 pages
...now beneath them, but above shall grow In i is next verdure, when tins fiery mass Of living vuluur, rolling on the foe And. burning' with high hope, shall...low. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life. Last ev« in beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal sound of strife, • The morn... | |
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