 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1883 - 782 pages
...breeze, 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...charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm. 3757 Campbell : PI. of Hope. Pt. i. Line 367, My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty, —... | |
 | Anthony Walton White Evans - 1883 - 96 pages
...murmuring sounds along their banners fly, ' Revenge or death,' the watchword and reply ; Then pealed the notes, omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm." Before MíKSCÍiis>iMc could complete his prepara•ьи-« ™ L J_ J. tions to ride over this allied... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 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 to charm, And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm ! In vain — alas ! in vain, ye gallant few, From rank to rank your volley'd... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - History - 1885 - 556 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 to 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... | |
 | Improved illustrated reader - 1885 - 266 pages
...reply ; Then pealed the notes omnipotent to charm, And the loud tocsin tolled their last alarm ! — 4. 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... | |
 | James Johonnot - English language - 1885 - 202 pages
...LESSON XCV. Mechanics use tools in their various trades. Ewes and lambs are tended with great care. " In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few, From rank to rank your volleyed thunder flew." 805 The vane on the spire turns with the wind. Every vein carries blood toward... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 562 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 a crime... | |
 | American poetry - 1886 - 552 pages
...— the watchword aud 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 fiew: — O, bloodiest picture in the book of Time, Sarmatia fell, unwept, without... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Willard - Social reformers - 1889 - 804 pages
...that dread name, we wave the sword on high, And swear for her to live ! — with her to die ! ' ****** In vain, alas ! in vain, ye gallant few, From rank to rank your volleyed thunders flew ; Hope, fora season, bade the world farewell, And Freedom shrieked, as Kosciusko... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Literature - 1894 - 544 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 a crime... | |
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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... 
