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Page 39
... spread , Nor a badge , nor a motto brandishèd ; No mark - save the bare uncovered head Of the silent bronze Reviewer ; With never an arch save the vaulted sky ; With never a flower save those that lie On the distant graves - for love ...
... spread , Nor a badge , nor a motto brandishèd ; No mark - save the bare uncovered head Of the silent bronze Reviewer ; With never an arch save the vaulted sky ; With never a flower save those that lie On the distant graves - for love ...
Page 67
... , Long there and then in vigil I stood , dimly around me the battlefield spreading , Vigil wondrous and vigil sweet there in the fragrant silent 67 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ...
... , Long there and then in vigil I stood , dimly around me the battlefield spreading , Vigil wondrous and vigil sweet there in the fragrant silent 67 BATTLE POEMS AND PATRIOTIC VERSES VIGIL STRANGE I KEPT ON THE FIELD ...
Page 72
... spread , with barns and orchards of summer , Behind the terraced sides of a mountain , abrupt , in places rising high , Broken , with rocks , with clinging cedars , with tall shapes dingily seen , The numerous camp - fires scatter'd ...
... spread , with barns and orchards of summer , Behind the terraced sides of a mountain , abrupt , in places rising high , Broken , with rocks , with clinging cedars , with tall shapes dingily seen , The numerous camp - fires scatter'd ...
Page 87
... Spread a death - shade round the ships , Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun . Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack , Till a feebler cheer the Dane , To our cheering sent us back : - Their shots along the deep slowly ...
... Spread a death - shade round the ships , Like the hurricane eclipse Of the sun . Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack , Till a feebler cheer the Dane , To our cheering sent us back : - Their shots along the deep slowly ...
Page 107
... spread , The loose rein dangling from his head , Housing and saddle bloody red , Lord Marmion's steed rush'd by ; And Eustace , maddening at the sight , A look and sign to Clara cast To mark he would return in haste , Then plunged 107 ...
... spread , The loose rein dangling from his head , Housing and saddle bloody red , Lord Marmion's steed rush'd by ; And Eustace , maddening at the sight , A look and sign to Clara cast To mark he would return in haste , Then plunged 107 ...
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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