 | Young Men's Christian Association (England) - 1856 - 456 pagine
...dreadful groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before n», In long reverberations reach our own. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade t Is it, 0 man ! with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as theie, Thou drownest... | |
 | 1856 - 684 pagine
...missiles flying through the air, "The bursting shell, the gnteway rent asnnder, The rattling musketry, tho clashing blade, And, ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade," with, perhaps, less to eat and drink than in these peaceful times ; but yet, without the aid of any... | |
 | 1856 - 704 pagine
...through the air, "The bursting shell, the gateway rent nsunder, The rattling musketry, the clwhiog blade, And, ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade," with, perhnps, less to eat and drink than in these peaceful times; but yet, without the aid of any... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pagine
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accurse'd instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - 1857 - 350 pagine
...harassment; destruction, danger, and death continually before them. " The bursting shell, the roof-tree torn asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade,...in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Were half the power that fills the world with terror — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and... | |
 | Henry Augustus Wise - 1857 - 374 pagine
...land, more murderous, fiery missiles flying through the air, " The bursting shell, the gateway rent asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade,...tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade," with, perhaps, less to eat and drink than in these peaceful times ; but yet, without the aid of any... | |
 | 1857 - 452 pagine
...upon their tcocallis Beat the wild war-drum made of serpent's skin. THE ARSENAL AT SI>JUNOFIEU>. 33!) The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The shout. that every prayer for nicrcy drowns ; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of faiuiue in bcleagured towns... | |
 | 1858 - 746 pagine
...the British army in " The Camp before Sebastopol." Abler pens have written and will write again — " The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...beleaguered towns. " The bursting shell, the gateway rent asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And, ever and anon, in tones of thunder,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pagine
...tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns ; The soldier's revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bunting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pagine
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns ; The soldier's revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell,... | |
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The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. 
