 | Thomas Campbell - Hope - 1851 - 202 pages
...watchword and reply ; Then peal'd the notes omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm ! — In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropt from her nerveless grasp the shatter'd spear, Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her high career... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - Elocution - 1851 - 570 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 shuttered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed the high... | |
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...alarm ! 4. In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few! From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew ; O ! 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 eyes, and curbed her high... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 248 pages
...watchword and reply ; Then peal'd the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm ! — In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few...Dropp'd from her nerveless grasp the shatter'd spear, Clos'd her bright eye, and cnrb'd her high career ; — Hope, for a season, bade the world farewell,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Readers - 1852 - 570 pages
...! In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew ; — O ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell,...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... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Generals - 1852 - 672 pages
...by the muse of Campbell, that his lines are •almost as familiar as the tales of the nursery — " Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of time, Sarmatia...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her wo ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...watchword and reply : Then peal'd the notes omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm ! In vain, alas! in vain, ye gallant few ! From...her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropp'd from her nervefess grasp the shatter'd spear, Closed her bright eye, and curb'd her high career : Hope, for... | |
 | Russell Lee - Circassia (Russia) - 1853 - 506 pages
...tolled their last alarm ! In vain, alas 1 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 - Ireland - 1853 - 404 pages
...tolled their last nlnrin ! In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew; Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of...pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her wo ! Propped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear, Closed her bright .eye, and curbed her high... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...alarm. 4. In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank, your volleyed thunder flew I 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, nnd curbed 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... 
