 Thou, and thou alone, must hear. Though my scarred and veteran legions Bear their eagles high no more, And my wrecked and scattered galleys Strew dark Actium's fatal shore, Though no glittering guards surround...  Southern Historical Society Papers - Page 79by Southern Historical Society - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...vain shadows flee ; In life and death, O Lord, abide with WILLIAM RAINES LYTLE. AXTOXY TO CLEOPATRA. I AM dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson life-tide...shadows Gather on the evening blast; Let thine arms, O Queen, enfold me, Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear; Listen to the great heart-secrets, Thou, and thou... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - American literature - 1860 - 704 pages
...Sea," "The Brigand's Song," "Jacqueline," and " MacDonald's Drummer." [1850-(iO. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. I AM dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson life-tide...Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast ; Let thine arm, oh Queen, enfold me, Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear, Listen to the great heart secrets Thou,... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - American literature - 1860 - 708 pages
..." MacDonald's Drummer." ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. I AM dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson lite-tide fast, And the dark Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast ; Let thine arm. oh Queen, enfold me, Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear, Listen to the great heart secrets Thou,... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1865 - 778 pages
...perpetuate his fame. The poet's own does that in these sad strains, as plaintive as those of an Eolian. I am dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson life-tide...Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast; Let thine arm, O Queen, enfold me, Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear, Listen to the great heart secrets Thou, and... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...the hereafter, angels may Roll the stone from its grave away. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.— GEN. LYTLE. I AM dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson life-tide...shadows Gather on the evening blast ; Let thine arms, 0 Queen, enfold me ! Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear, Listen to the great heart-secrets, Thou, and... | |
 | American literature - 1875 - 556 pages
...as Shakespeare's " Antony and Cleopatra," we print them here : ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. BY WH LYTLE. I. I am dying, Egypt, dying ; Ebbs the crimson life-tide...shadows Gather on the evening blast : Let thine arms, О Queen, enfold me, Hush thy sobs, and bow thine ear; Listen to the great heart-secrets, Thou, and... | |
 | James Martin Peebles - Australia - 1875 - 438 pages
...parts. Here I am reminded of Gen. Lytle's lines referring to Caesar, Pompey, Antony, and Cleopatra : — "I am dying, Egypt, dying ! Ebbs the crimson life-tide...Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast. Let thy arm, O queeu ! support me, Hush thy sobs, and bow thine ear, Hearken to the great heart secrets,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...HOSPITAL, WHILE LYING MORTALLY WOUNDED AT CHICAMAUGA. "I am dying, Egypt, dying." — SHAKESPEARE. I AM dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson life-tide...Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast. Let thine arm, 0 Queen, support me ! Hush thy sobs, and bow thine ear ! Hearken to the great heart secrets Thou,... | |
 | Lyman G. Bennett, William M. Haigh - United States - 1876 - 826 pages
...his "scarred and veteran legions." " Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" CLT « 1 am dying, Egypt, I am dying, Egypt, dying, Ebbs the crimson life.tide...dark, Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast. Ixt thine arm, oh ! Queen, support me, Hush thy sobs and bow thine car, " Hearken to the great heart... | |
 | Readers - 1876 - 754 pages
...a gap in nature. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.— GEN. I am dying, Egypt, dving, Ebbs the crimson fife-tide fast, And the dark Plutonian shadows Gather on the evening blast ; Let thine arms, O Queen, enfold me ! Hush thy sobs and bow thine ear; Listen to the great heart-secrets, Thou, and... | |
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