 | James Booth (head master of the Caledonian schools, Liverpool) - 1881 - 232 pages
...Kosc-iusko, the celebrated a 'fl,e In'td tocsin, the alarm hells. > s^ratat'", the ancient name ul 1'ulaml, Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pages
...tolled their last alarm ! — In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew : — Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 448 pages
...tolled their last alarm ! In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew : Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English literature - 1882 - 420 pages
...watch-word and reply; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm! — In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few...your volley'd thunder flew: — Oh, bloodiest picture iu the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without a crime; Found not a generous friend, a pitying... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1882 - 558 pages
...omnipotent to charm, And the loud toesin tolled their last alarm. 4. In vain, alas! in vain, ye gallant few, Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high... | |
 | Anthony Walton White Evans - 1883 - 96 pages
...last exhausted and bleeding, he fell by the lance of a Cossack, and a sabre cut across his forehead. " In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank...mercy in her woe! Dropp'd from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear; Closed her bright eye, and curb d her high career. Hope, for a season, bade the world... | |
 | History - 1883 - 538 pages
...slowly turns her glazing eyes, And humbly seeks for succor ere she dies ! VICTOR HUGO. Tr. Reynolds. Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1883 - 454 pages
...! — In vain — alas! in vain, ye gallant few! From rank to rank your vollied thunder flew : Oh i bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell,...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her wo ! Dropp'd from her nerveless grasp the shatter 'd spear ; Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...watchword and reply : — Then peal«d the notes omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm ! In vain — alas ! in vain, ye gallant few,...Sarmatia fell — unwept — without a crime ! Found n6t a generous friend — a pitying foe — Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - History - 1885 - 556 pages
...charm, And the loud tocsiuv toll'd their last alarm ' 4. In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few 1 From rank to rank your volley'd thunder flew ; —...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe I Dropp'd from her nerveless grasp the shatter'd spear. Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her high... | |
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Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of time, Sarmatia fell — unwept— without a crime ! Found not a generous friend — a pitying foe — Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear— Closed her... 
