ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her... The Poets of the Nineteenth Century - Page 187edited by - 1878 - 674 pagesFull view - About this book
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of...the bolts of heaven Far flash'd the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent... | |
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
...flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of...revelry. Then shook the hills, with thunder riven; i f Then flew the steed, to battle driven; And, louder than the bolts of Heaven, Far flash'd the red... | |
| English poetry - 1803 - 520 pages
...flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. But Linden shew'd another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death, to light The darkness of...torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills,... | |
| English poetry - 1803 - 508 pages
...flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. But Linden shew'd another sight. When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death, to light The darkness of...torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills,... | |
| History - 1803 - 892 pages
...flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Lindrn saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of...scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman draw his battle-blade. And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry. . Then shook... | |
| History - 1803 - 866 pages
...flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the dram beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of...scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd. Each horseman draw his battle-blade. And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 892 pages
...flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the dram beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of...scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman draw his battle-blade. And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...flow Of 1 ser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of...scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman draw his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry. TJien shook... | |
| English poetry - 1803 - 502 pages
...flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. But Linden shew'd another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death, to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast arrayM, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful... | |
| Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. But Linden shew'd another sight, When the drum heat at dead of nisjht, Commanding fires of death, to light The darkness of...torch, and trumpet, fast arrayd, Each horseman drew his hattle hlade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills,... | |
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