The sun went down, nor ceased the carnage there. Tumultuous Murder shook the midnight air — On Prague's proud arch the fires of ruin glow, His blood-dyed waters murmuring far below; The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of... The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems - Seite 30von Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 131 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1799 - 618 Seiten
...prevails, the rampart yields a way, Burst*. the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the mouldering piles with thunder .fall, A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shook, — red meteors flashed along the sky, And conscious nature sHudder'd at the cry ! ' Oh ! righteous... | |
| 1799 - 614 Seiten
...with thunder fall, A thousand shrieks for hopdess mercy call ! Earth shook, — red meteors flashed along the sky, And conscious nature shudder'd at the cry ! * Oh ! righteous Heav'n ! 'ere freedom found a grave, Why slept the sword, omnipotent to save ? Where was thine arm,... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1803 - 162 Seiten
...below;— The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay!— Hark! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall,...conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry! Oh! Righteous Heav'n! ere Freedom found a grave, Why slept the sword, omnipotent to save? Where was thine arm, O... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 Seiten
...;.... The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay !.... Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall,...A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shopk....red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh! righteous... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 144 Seiten
...;.... The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay !.... Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall,...A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shook.... red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh ! righteous... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 Seiten
...far below ; The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way. Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall, A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! 390 Earth shook — red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry!... | |
| Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 Seiten
...below ; '' The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way " Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! " Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall, " A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call !'* The descent of the godBrama, to the aid of oppressed India, occasions the following splendid lines... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 168 Seiten
...far below ; The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wide cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall,...A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shook — red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh ! righteous... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 Seiten
...far helow i The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall, A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! 390 Earth shook — red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry!... | |
| Isaac Wilkinson (of Cockermouth.) - 1824 - 132 Seiten
...throne. " Hope for a season, bade the world farewell, " And Freedom shriek'd when Don Riego fell; " Earth shook—red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious nature shudder'd at the cry! Like the green oak he flourish'd on the plains,— Ah! why this blow to shatter his remains ? But though... | |
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