 Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And those before cried "Back!" And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array; And on the tossing sea of steel To and fro the standards reel, And the victorious...  The Parliamentary Debates - Page 567by Great Britain. Parliament - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Armada, 1588 - 1843 - 206 pages
...old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. 50. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward ! " And those before...To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet-peal Dies fitfully away. 51. Yet one man for one moment Strode out before the crowd ; Well... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. 60. Vfas none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack; But those behind cried "Forward!" And those before...To and fro the standards reel; And the victorious trumpet-peal Dies fitfully away. 51. Yet one man for one moment Strode out before the crowd; Well known... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward ! " And those before...To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet-peal Dies fitfully away. But meanwhile axe and lever Have manfully been plied ; And now the... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - Authors, English - 1844 - 330 pages
...gleams of dark -blue light, The long array of helmets bright, The long array of spears." * * * » " And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array...To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet-peal Dies fitfully away." HORATIUS. THOMAS HOOD urn THE LATE THEODOKE HOOK. " Or send to us... | |
 | Richard H. Horne - Authors, English - 1844 - 392 pages
...array of spears." + * * * " And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array ; And on the toasing sea of steel, To and fro the standards reel ; , And the victorious trumpet-peal Die* fitfully away." If HI : ;- «. THOMAS HOOD AND THE LATE THEODORE HOOK. " Or send... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who would be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward ! " And those before...To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet-peal Dies fitfully away. But meanwhile axe and lever Have manfully been plied ; And now the... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who could be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward !" And those before...To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet-peal Dies fitfully away. Yet one man for one moment Strode out before the crowd ; Well known... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...fierce old bear Lies amidst bones and blood. Was none who could be foremost To lead such dire attack ; But those behind cried " Forward !" And those before...To and fro the standards reel ; And the victorious trumpet-peal Dies fitfully away. Yet one man for one moment Strode out before the crowd ; Well known... | |
 | Charles Jacobs Peterson - United States - 1850 - 234 pages
...current, with light hearts and no fear of being attacked again, at least for that night. CHAPTER XIV. And backward now and forward Wavers the deep array...To and fro the standards reel, And the victorious battle-peal Dies fearfully away. — MACAULIT. BUT our danger was not yet over. The breeze died away,... | |
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