tis the funeral trumpet's breath! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing ; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep and general din Pour their wild wailing. The song of praise... The curse of Kehama - Page 3by Robert Southey - 1811Full view - About this book
| Robert Southey - 1895 - 264 pages
...high, A dark and waving canopy. Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid the deafening sound ; You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
| English poetry - 1905 - 622 pages
...dark and waving canopy. (in.) Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid the deafening sound ; You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
| Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, 30 With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing; Tea thousand voices then join in, And with one deep and...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid the deafening sound ; You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
| George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...75 Hark! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath! 'Tis the dirge of death ! 30 At once ten thousand dntms t against the armed man, The statue of the armed knight;...and listened to my lay, Amid the lingering light. go Pour their wild wailing. 35 The song of praise is drown 'd Amid the deafening sound ; You hear no... | |
| Robert Southey - 720 pages
...A dark and waving canopy. 3. Hark ! 't is the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid the deafening sound ; You hear no more the trumpet's tones You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
| Harish Trivedi, Richard Allen - Anglo-Indian literature - 2000 - 404 pages
...on high, A dark and waving canopy. Hark! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath, Tis the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin. With one long thunder-peal...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid the deafening sound; You hear no more the trumpet's tone. You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
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