 The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade.  The Irish Metropolitan Magazine. ... - Seite 6441858Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | International peace society - 232 Seiten
...endless groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own. The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The shout that every prayer for morcy drowns; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns;... | |
 | 1869 - 406 Seiten
...dead. To him must be assigned " the infinite fierce chorus, The cries of agony, the endless groan, The tumult of each sacked and burning village, The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns, The soldier's revels in the midst of carnage, The wail of famine in beleagered towns. The bursting shell,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 Seiten
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests, upon their teocallis, Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. 5 The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...beleaguered towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 10 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,... | |
 | 1844 - 784 Seiten
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The...beleaguered towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 Seiten
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,... | |
 | 1846 - 308 Seiten
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The...beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,... | |
 | 1873 - 398 Seiten
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleagured towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests, upon the teocallis, Beat the wild war-drums, made of ser pent' s skin. The tumult of each sacked and burning village, The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns, The soldier's revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. The bursting shell,... | |
 | Gems - 1850 - 204 Seiten
...dreadful din ; And Aztec priests upon their teocallis, Beat the wild war-drums made of serpents' skin. The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...beleaguered towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder ; The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 Seiten
...their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and turning village ; The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns...beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,... | |
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