 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
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1839 - 574 pages
...through it, on their way to the battle, is described by him in these beautiful lines : — leaves, In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high nope, shall moulder grow cold and low." The forest is about 9 miles long and 7J broad. The Duke of... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 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...this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe [low. And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and Last noon beheld them full of lusty life,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe [low. And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and 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... | |
 | Popular literature - 1840 - 480 pages
...before Waterloo's field was crimsoned with streams of blood ; and, in the language of the gifted poet, " 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 !" Endsleigh was not with... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave,, — | alas! | Ere evening , to be trodden Me the grass' , | Which now beneath' them, | but above...And burning with high hope, | shall moulder cold, andlow,.| Last noon beheld them full of lusty life' ; | Last eve, in Beauty's circle proudly gay' ;... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...Orlando, and immortal in Shakspeare's Л$ you li кг II. It is also celeEre evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall...this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe, [low. And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and XXVIU. Last noon beheld them full of lusty... | |
 | George W. Burnap - Women - 1841 - 288 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...In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valor, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. "Last noon beheld... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - American poetry - 1842 - 352 pages
...unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but abpve shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass...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... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the un returning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall...this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe, [low. And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and XXVIII. Last noon beheld them full of lusty... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...Which now benealh them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valor, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall...Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms,1 — the day Battle's magnificently-stern... | |
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