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... the scene Vimeira should be shown , On Talavera's fight should Roderick gaze , And hear Corunna wail her battle won , And see Busaco's crest with light'ning blaze : But shall fond fable mix with heroes ' praise ? 56 THE VISION OF.
... the scene Vimeira should be shown , On Talavera's fight should Roderick gaze , And hear Corunna wail her battle won , And see Busaco's crest with light'ning blaze : But shall fond fable mix with heroes ' praise ? 56 THE VISION OF.
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... blaze yon fires where meets the manly fight ; Beacons of infamy they light the way , Where cowardice and cruelty unite , To damn with double shame their ignominious flight ! VI . O triumph for the Fiends of Lust and Wrath ! Ne'er to be ...
... blaze yon fires where meets the manly fight ; Beacons of infamy they light the way , Where cowardice and cruelty unite , To damn with double shame their ignominious flight ! VI . O triumph for the Fiends of Lust and Wrath ! Ne'er to be ...
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... blaze , and the guns they did rattle , And blythe was each heart for the great victory , In secret I wept for the dangers of battle , And thy glory itself was scarce comfort to me . But now shalt thou tell , while I eagerly listen , Of ...
... blaze , and the guns they did rattle , And blythe was each heart for the great victory , In secret I wept for the dangers of battle , And thy glory itself was scarce comfort to me . But now shalt thou tell , while I eagerly listen , Of ...
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... blaze ! " The Spectre with his Bloody Hand , * " Is wandering through the wild woodland ; " The owl and the raven are mute for dread , " And the time is meet to awake the dead ! * The forest of Glenmore is haunted by a spirit called ...
... blaze ! " The Spectre with his Bloody Hand , * " Is wandering through the wild woodland ; " The owl and the raven are mute for dread , " And the time is meet to awake the dead ! * The forest of Glenmore is haunted by a spirit called ...
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... to the bark whose crew shall gaze , Where Lachlan's silken streamer plays ; The fools might face the lightning's blaze As wisely and as well ! SAINT CLOUD . SOFT spread the southern Summer night Her 156 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS .
... to the bark whose crew shall gaze , Where Lachlan's silken streamer plays ; The fools might face the lightning's blaze As wisely and as well ! SAINT CLOUD . SOFT spread the southern Summer night Her 156 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS .
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Andalusia arms army bade band Banner Bard Barosa battle beneath blaze blithe bold Bolero British Buonaparte burst Chief of Kintail conquest Count Julian crest cross'd cuirassier dark Don Roderick dread enemy Ettrick Forest fair fame fatal fate fear fell field fierce fight fire flame forest French gallant glance glory goblet that flows Goths GRÆME hand harp hast hath hear heard heart Heaven heroes High Chief Hispania honour Hougomont king ladies gay land light lords and ladies loud Mackenzie mark'd Massena mingled minstrel Monarch's Moors mountain ne'er Norsemen Note o'er Oppas Orelia Portugal Prelate proud rage ranks ruins Saint Cloud Saracens scene Scotland shatter'd shout slain sleep song Spain squadrons stern storm sung sword tale thee thine thou thunders Toledo tower Troubadour valour verse victory voice waked warriors WATERLOO Wheel the wild wild dance Zaragoza
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Página 98 - A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Página 122 - Diamonds on the brake are gleaming, And foresters have busy been To track the buck in thicket green ; Now we come to chant our lay Waken, lords and ladies gay...
Página 98 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Página 122 - You shall see him brought to bay, " Waken, lords and ladies gay." Louder, louder chant the lay, Waken, lords and ladies gay ; Tell them, youth, and mirth, and glee, Run a course as well as we, Time, stern huntsman ! who can baulk, Stanch as hound, and fleet as hawk? Think of this, and rise with day, Gentle lords and ladies gay.
Página 176 - The lancer couch'd his ruthless spear, And hurrying as to havoc near, The cohorts' eagles flew. In one dark torrent, broad and strong, The advancing onset...
Página 122 - To track the buck in thicket green; Now we come to chant our lay 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.' " Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the greenwood haste away; We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot and tall of size; We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers fray'd; You shall see him brought to bay; 'Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 121 - Waken, lords and ladies gay, On the mountain dawns the day; All the jolly chase is here, With hawk and horse and hunting-spear Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they, "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 115 - Till through her wasted hand, at night, You saw the taper shining. By fits a sultry hectic hue Across her cheek was flying ; By fits so ashy pale she grew Her maidens thought her dying. Yet keenest powers to see and hear Seem'd in her frame residing ; Before the watch-dog prick'd his ear She heard her lover's riding ; Ere scarce a distant form was kenn'd She knew and waved to greet him, And o'er the battlement did bend As on the wing to meet him. He came — he pass'd — an heedless gaze As o'er...
Página 179 - English horsemen's foaming ranks Forced their resistless way. Then to the musket-knell succeeds The clash of swords — the neigh of steeds — As plies the smith his clanging trade, Against the cuirass rang the blade ; And while amid their close array The well-served cannon rent their way, And while amid their scatter'd band Raged the fierce rider's bloody brand, Recoil'd in common rout and fear, Lancer and guard and cuirassier, Horsemen and foot, — a mingled host Their leaders fall'n, their standards...
Página 98 - They shall run to and fro in the city, they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses, they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.