 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...but dreadful as the storm ; Low murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Kcvenge, or death, — the watch-word and reply ; Then peal'd the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their List alarm ! — In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volley'd thunder... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...— the watchword and reply ; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm ! — In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew : — 0, bloodiest picture in the book of Time ! Sarmatia fell, unwept, without... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...— the watchword and reply; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm ! — In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few! From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew : — 0, bloodiest picture in the book of Time ! Sarmatia fell, unwept, without... | |
 | Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1879 - 448 pages
...— the watchword and reply ; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin6 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 of Time ! Poor Poland fell, unwept, without... | |
 | W. and R. Chambers (ltd.) - 1878 - 174 pages
...the watchword and reply : Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin 4 tolled their last alarm ! 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,5 unwept, without a... | |
 | English poetry - 1878 - 618 pages
...death, the watchword and reply; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to -charm, And the loud toesin tolled their last alarm ! 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, unwept, without a crime;... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1879 - 358 pages
...— the watchword and reply; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin 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 of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond - Elocution - 1879 - 350 pages
..."—the watchword and reply; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin 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 of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without... | |
 | John Francis Collin - Slavery - 1879 - 510 pages
...yet remains. In its dread name we'll wave the sword on high And swear with it to live, for it to die. In vain, alas in vain, ye gallant few, From rank to rank your vollied thunders flew. Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of time! Sarmatia fell unwept without a crime,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1880 - 514 pages
...but dreadful as the storm ; Low murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge, or death, — the watchword and reply ; Then peal'd the notes, omnipotent...! in vain, ye gallant few ! From rank to rank your volley 'd thunder flew : — Oh, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without... | |
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Firm-paced and slow, a horrid front they form, Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm; Low murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge, or death... 
