 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...  Chosen English: Selections from Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Lamb, Scott - Seite 45von Adele Ellis - 1896 - 205 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Kennedy - 358 Seiten
...the bodies of the old man and his idiot son were taken out of the Moselle. 115 EARLY IMPRESSIONS. " Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal -sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's majrnificently-stern... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 Seiten
...now beneath theni, 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 moulder cold and low. 8. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 Seiten
...brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass, Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure; when this fiery mass Of living...morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently-stern array! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is cover'd thick... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 Seiten
...trodden like the grass, Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when the fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe, And...burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low 6 Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought... | |
 | Thomas Phillips - 1833 - 522 Seiten
...makes the battle of Waterloo his theme, with the fierce destruction of human life that accompanied it. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 420 Seiten
...Which now beneath 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 moulder cold and low. 6 Last noon beheld them full of lusty 'life, Last eve in beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight... | |
 | William Cox - 1833 - 268 Seiten
...now beneath them, but above shall grow In its neat verdure, when this fiery mass ,' Of living valor, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low." But Scott's claims to admiration rest not, even in a principal degree, on fiery description or impetuous... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 442 Seiten
...grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Ofliving valour, rolling on the foe, And burning with high...Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Benuty's circle proudly gay. The midnight bmught the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 456 Seiten
...brave — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall growIn its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the fop, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low, " Last noon beheld them full of lusty... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 Seiten
...Which now beneath 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...morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently-stern array ! The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent The earth is covered... | |
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