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Page 51
... fought so well on that terrible day . And it was terrible . On the right Raged for hours the heady fight , Thundered the battery's double bass , — Difficult music for men to face ; While on the left - where now the graves Undulate like ...
... fought so well on that terrible day . And it was terrible . On the right Raged for hours the heady fight , Thundered the battery's double bass , — Difficult music for men to face ; While on the left - where now the graves Undulate like ...
Page 82
... fought so well Came thro ' the jaws of Death , Back from the mouth of Hell , All that was left of them , Left of six hundred . When can their glory fade ? O the wild charge they made ! All the world wonder'd . Honour the charge they ...
... fought so well Came thro ' the jaws of Death , Back from the mouth of Hell , All that was left of them , Left of six hundred . When can their glory fade ? O the wild charge they made ! All the world wonder'd . Honour the charge they ...
Page 99
... fought each other for , I could not well make out . But everybody said , " quoth he , " That ' twas a famous victory . " My father lived at Blenheim then , Yon little stream hard by ; They burned his dwelling to the ground , And he was ...
... fought each other for , I could not well make out . But everybody said , " quoth he , " That ' twas a famous victory . " My father lived at Blenheim then , Yon little stream hard by ; They burned his dwelling to the ground , And he was ...
Page 111
... fought , To shrieve the dying , bless the dead . Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave , And , as she stoop'd his brow to lave- " Is it the hand of Clare , " he said , “ Or injured Constance , bathes my head ? " Then , as remembrance rose ...
... fought , To shrieve the dying , bless the dead . Deep drank Lord Marmion of the wave , And , as she stoop'd his brow to lave- " Is it the hand of Clare , " he said , “ Or injured Constance , bathes my head ? " Then , as remembrance rose ...
Page 114
... fought in desperate ring . Where's now their victor vaward wing , Where Huntly , and where Home ? — O , for a blast of that dread horn , On Fontarabian echoes borne , That to King Charles did come , When Roland brave , and Olivier , And ...
... fought in desperate ring . Where's now their victor vaward wing , Where Huntly , and where Home ? — O , for a blast of that dread horn , On Fontarabian echoes borne , That to King Charles did come , When Roland brave , and Olivier , And ...
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Arethusa arm'd arms army array banner battle beat blast blood boys breath Bret Harte bugles blown Cannon charge cheer Christ or Nietzsche Clusium crest cried death deep dread drum England's dead eyes F. W. Bourdillon fair fathers fell field fierce fight fire flag fought gallant glory hand Hark hath hear heard Hearts of oak heaven helmet helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre Herminius Highland laddie hills Horatius horse John Burns King land Lars Porsena light look Lord loud Marmion morn mountain Navarre ne'er never night noble o'er pibroch pride proud quoth rage roar rode rolling rose round rush Sextus shield shout slain smile soldier song sound spake spears stand stood sweet sword tears thee Thomas Campbell thou thousand thunder twas victory vigil voice W. E. Henley Walt Whitman waves wild winds do blow wounded