 I hear the drums tumultuous sound the victor's shouts and dying groans confound ; the dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, and all the thunder of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty...  Complete Works - Page 150by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886Full view - About this book
 | 1902 - 642 pages
...worth quoting, as a type of the best poetry in this kind. The battle of Blenheim has begun : ' But oh 1 my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle joined ? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...skies, She drew an angel down. 123 DESCRIPTION of a BATTLE, ILLUSTKATED 6Y A SUBLIME (ADDISON.) BUT O, my Muse ! what numbers wilt thou find To sing the...furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...fens nor floods ran stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands. But O, my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of rannon... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1819 - 550 pages
...Campaign, has fallen into an error of this kind, when about to describe the battle of Blenheim : But O ! my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd? Methinks, I hear the drums tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans confound ; &c. Introductions of this... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...Campaign, has fallen into an error of this kind, when about to describe the battle of Blenheim : But O! my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ? Methinks, I hear the drums tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans confound; &c. Introductions of this kind,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands. But O, ure's light ; Show'd erring Pride, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT ; That reason, passion, answer one g bear the drums tumultuous sound The victors* shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 346 pages
...fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands. But O, my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe ranged on their borders stands. But, O ! my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums' tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1824 - 510 pages
...Campaign, has fallen into an error of this kind, when about to describe the battle of Blenheim. But ! O my muse ! what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ? Methinks, 1 hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans, confound ; &c. Introductions... | |
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1829 - 648 pages
...has fallen into an error of this kind, when about to describe the battle of Blenheim. ยป But O - ,v muse ! what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious...sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans, confound : &c. Introductions of this kind, are a forced attempt in a writer, to spur up himself, and his reader,... | |
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