And there was mounting in hot haste ; the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming... Time's Telescope - Page 1601824Full view - About this book
| William Hamilton Maxwell - English literature - 1838 - 486 pages
...ranks of war; And the deep thunder, peal on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While thronged the citizens, with terror dumb, Whispering with white lips — "The foe! they come! they come ! " Long life to yee'r noble honor! May... | |
| American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, On whispering, with white lips — "The foe<. They come, tney come !" And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albvn's hills Have heard and heard, too, have her Saxon foes ; — How in the noon of night that pibroch... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...ranks of war, And the deep thunder, peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumh Or whispering with white lips — " The foe ! They come ! They come!" 5 ( — ) And Ardennes*... | |
| William Beattie - Scotland - 1838 - 306 pages
...and fifty thousand spectators, were on the beach. The military bands were never better arranged — " And wild and high the ' Cameron's gathering' rose, The war-note of Lochiel." The next exhibition of national loyalty was the ball given to his Majesty by the PEERS, in the great... | |
| Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near the beat of the alarming drum, Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While thronged...war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes : — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - 1839 - 316 pages
...ranks of war, And the deep thunder, peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged...with white lips — " The foe! They come. They come!" 5 ( — ) And Ardennes* waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass,... | |
| William Hone - 1839 - 874 pages
...of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused by the soldier ere the morning star ; While thronged...whispering, with white lips — " The foe ! they come ! th«y count* And wild, and high, the " Cameron's gathering rose !" The war-note of Lochiel, which... | |
| Fashion - 740 pages
...And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star j While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips— 'The foe ! They come I they come !' And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they... | |
| English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning-star ; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with...come !" And wild and high the " Cameron's gathering" The warnote of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills [rose ! Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes... | |
| English literature - 1841 - 608 pages
...ranks of war, And flic deep thunder peal on peal afar, And near the beat of the alarming drum. Roused up the soldier ere the morning star. While thronged...with white lips—" The foe ! they come, they come !'' FIORENZOLA, unlike most of our Italian boroughs, is not a walled town. It boasts of No bulwarks,... | |
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