 The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch: Fire answers fire; and through their paly flames Each battle sees the other's umber'd face: Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful...  Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste - Page 119by Archibald Alison - 1812 - 434 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 584 pages
...: Steed threatens steed, in high und boastful neigt» Piercing the night's dull car : and from tl>c e of life:— -arming myself with patience, To stay...some high powers, That govern us below. Caí. Then The country cocks do crow ; the clocks do toll, And the third hour of drowsy morning name. Proud of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 398 pages
...umber'd arms by turns thick flashes send." Umber is a brown colour. So, in As you Like itStentns. c C 2 The armourers, accomplishing the knights - , With...closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, And the third hour of drowsy morning name. ' Proud of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1807 - 390 pages
...of the soldiers would certainly appear of this hue, when beheld through the light of midnight fires. The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy...closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, And the third hour of drowsy morning name.s .' , Proud... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 458 pages
...the other's umber'd face :2 Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear ; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing...closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, And the third hour of drowsy morning name. Proud of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 534 pages
...the other's umber'dt face : Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing...closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll. And the third hour of drowsy morning name. Prond of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 428 pages
...the other's umber'd face : Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear ; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing...closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation. The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, And the third hour of drowsy morning name. Proud of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 514 pages
...the other's umber'd face : ; Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing...the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, The country cocks do crow, the clocks do toll, Give dreadful note of preparation. Proud of their numbers,... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1811 - 428 pages
...of the martial field, the night before the battle of Agincourt, rushed upon my recollection : While, from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Gave dreadful note of preparation." The loud and dismal funeral-bell tolled this morning at break of... | |
 | Anna Seward - Authors, English - 1811 - 430 pages
...the martial field, the night before the battle of Agincourt, rushed upon my recollection : -" While, from the tents, The armourers, accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Gave dreadful note of preparation." The loud and dismal funeral-bell tolled this morning at break of... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Aesthetics - 1812 - 444 pages
...nature a more trifling sound than the buzz of flies, yet I believe there is no man of common taste, whot in the deep silence of a summer's noon, has not found...Give dreadful note of preparation. Henry V. act iii. Chorus. The sound of oars in water is surely very far from being sublime, yet in a tragedy of Thomson's,... | |
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