 | Joseph Addison, George Gilfillan - 1859 - 428 páginas
...borders stands. But, 0 my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle joined! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's...all the thunder of the battle rise. Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, 280 Amidst confusion,... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 páginas
...sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums' tumultuous sound, The victors' shouts and dying groans confound ; The dreadful burst...all the thunder of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion,... | |
 | 1860 - 464 páginas
...lines were inspired by Marlborough's personal demeanour at Blenheim. Twas then great Marlborough '9 mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved. Amidst confusion, terror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war. In peaceful thought the field of death... | |
 | English poems - 1863 - 364 páginas
...borders stands. But O, my muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts and dying groans confound ; The dreadful bursts of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. Twas then great Marlbro's... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1863 - 470 páginas
...Blenheim. " But, 0 my nrase I what numbers wilt thou find, To sing the furious troops in battle joined ? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans confound ; " &o. § 280. When, therefore, an awe-inspiring object is presented in nature, a grand creation in... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1863 - 360 páginas
...of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise. 'T was then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, 1 "When he returned to England (in 1702), with a meanness of appearance which gave testimony of the... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 páginas
...begin with Addison's beautiful description of Marlborough in battle. "Twas then great Marlb'rough's mighty soul was proved, That in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amid confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 páginas
...borders stands. But O, my muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victor's...battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlbro's mighty soul was prov'd, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmov'd, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examin'd... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 páginas
...sing the furious troops in battle join'd ? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victors' shouts and dying groans confound ; The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1866 - 434 páginas
...the furious troops in battle join'd 1 Methinks I hear the drums tumultuous sound, The victors' shout, and dying groans confound The dreadful burst of cannon...battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlbro's mighty soul was pro v VI, That, in the shock of charging hosts, unmov'd, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examin'd... | |
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Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's shouts and dying groans confound ; The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. 
