 | Jonathan Barber - Elocution - 1832 - 360 pages
...considerable practical moment, we subjoin the following extract for the purpose of further explanation. 1. At midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming...suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, thro' camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror; In dreams his song of triumph heard ; Then... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...the moment of yictory. His last words were—" To die for liberty is a pleasure, and not a pain."] 1 At midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming...The trophies of a conqueror; In dreams, his song of triumph heard; Then wore his monarch's signet ring,— Then press'd that monarch's throne,—a king;... | |
 | American poetry - 1834 - 402 pages
...the moment of victory. His last words were — " To die for liberty is a pleasure, and not a paiu."J AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming...The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams, his song of triumph heard ; Then wore his monarch's signet ring, — Then pressed that monarch's throne, — a... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...of lyric vigor. We are introduced, first, to the Turk who dreams, at midnight, in his guarded tent, of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power — He is represented as revelling in the visions of ambition. In dreams through camp and court he... | |
 | Joseph Rodman Drake - Literary Criticism - 1835 - 226 pages
...court, bower, and hall, From donjon-keep to turret wall, For ten-and-sixpence sterling. MARCO BOZZARIS.4 AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming...The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard ; Then wore his monarch's signet ring : Then pressed that monarch's throne, — a king... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...MODERN GREECE. — Halleek. His last word• were—" To die for liberty is a pleasure and not a pain." At midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming...The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard ; Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a king... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...EPAMINONDAS OF MODERN GREECE. His last words were — " To die for liberty is a pleasure and not a pain." AT midnight, in his guarded tent The Turk was dreaming...The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard; Then wore his monarfch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a king... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...in the moment of victory. His last words were—" To die for liberty is a pleasure and not a pain."] At midnight in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming...Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble in his power; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his... | |
 | Oratory - 1836 - 362 pages
...Because I may not stain with grief The death song of an Indian chief." XI. Marco Bozzaris. — HALLKCH. At midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in supplianoe bent, Should tremble at his power : SELECTIONS FOR PRACTICE. 217 In dreams, through camp... | |
 | 1837 - 536 pages
...their grandeur and beauty will not be perceived, but to express how especially we appreciate them. "At midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming...The trophies of a conqueror; In dreams his song of triumph heard ; Then wore his monarch's signet ring: Then pressed that monarch's throne—a king; As... | |
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AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then... 
