On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her... The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith - Page 63by Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857Full view - About this book
| Ballads, English - 1835 - 418 pages
...when the sun was low, All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When...darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd To join the dreadful... | |
| England - 1835 - 794 pages
...when the sun was low, All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When...darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd To join the dreadful... | |
| Eliza Leslie - American fiction - 1835 - 302 pages
...and sharp, weak tones, chose the Battle of Hohenlinden; and as he rose into a squeak at the lines, Then shook the hills with thunder riven, Then rushed...the bolts of heaven, Far flashed the red artillery, Billy's apron caught fire, and there was a general disturbance in extinguishing it. Mrs. Parley Utley... | |
| Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. i But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at...torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills... | |
| English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...when the sun wai low, All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow, And dark as winter wa« the flow Of leer, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When...darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd. Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1837 - 332 pages
...whe.n the sun was low, All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow, And dark as winter was tlie flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When...darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Bookbinding - 1837 - 360 pages
...when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When...darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1838 - 412 pages
...when the sun was low, All bloodless lay th" untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When...darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd To join the dreadful... | |
| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1838 - 316 pages
...All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, . And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. 2 But Linden saw another sight, (<) When the drum beat...fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. 3 By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each warrior drew his battle blade, And furious every charger... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden showed another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night,...to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet-sound arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle-blade ; And furious every charger neighed, To... | |
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