| Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm ! _--„ ' In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! •;" / From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew ; — • ,Jff • O ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time, — , ,*. Sarmatia... | |
| John Frost - Elocution - 1855 - 462 pages
...and slow, a horrid front they form, Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm ; Low murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge, or death,...few ! From rank to rank your volley'd thunder flew : — O ! bloodiest picture in the book of time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime ; Found not... | |
| Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1855 - 444 pages
...a horrid fron<v they form ; | Still as the breeze1, j but dreadful as the storm, ; | Low, murmuring sounds along their banners fly, | Revenge', or death^,...and reply, ; | Then peal'd the notes, omnipotent to charm1, | And the loud tocsin told their last alarm, j In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! |... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1856 - 144 pages
...and slow, a horrid front they form, Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm ; Low murm'ring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge, or death,...! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volley' d thunder flew : — Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...they form, Still as the hreeze, hut dreadful as the storm ; Low, murm'ring sounds along their hanners fly, Revenge or death, — the watchword and reply...charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm I O Triumph. Generous. Poured. Waste. Oppression. Carn:ige. Brooded. Country. Tumultuous. Murmuring.... | |
| John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1856 - 312 pages
...and slow, a horrid front they form, Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm; Low, murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge, or death,...peal'd the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud toesin toll'd their last alarm ! — In vain, alas! in vain, ye gallant few! From rank to rank your... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1856 - 320 pages
...breeze, but dreadful as the storm; Low, murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge or death,—the watchword and reply; (<) Then peal'd the notes, omnipotent...charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm!— 4 (—) In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volley'd thunder flew:—... | |
| sir James Abbott - 1856 - 424 pages
...and slow, a horrid front they form, Still as the breeze, yet dreadful as the storm. Low, murmuring sounds along their banners fly. Revenge or death, the watchword and reply. Then peal'd those notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm. In vain, alas ! hi vain,... | |
| Readers - 1856 - 518 pages
...and slow, a horrid front they form, Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm ; Low, murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge or death, — the watchword and reply ; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm ! — Oh ! bloodiest... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge, or death,—the watch-word ' and reply v ; (Ji) Then peal'd the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm. 4. In vain, alas! in vain, ye gallant few! From rank to rank, your volley'd thunder flew! Oh bloodiest... | |
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