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 scenery.... The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell - Page 196by Thomas Campbell - 1907 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1803 - 162 pages
...leafing in battle no blot on bis name, Look proudly to heav'n from the death-bed of fame. HOHENLINDEN. ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay...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... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1803 - 1298 pages
...when the sun waslow, AU bloodless lay th' untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of kser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When...darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, S Each horseman draw his battle.blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful... | |
| English poetry - 1803 - 502 pages
...say that here you saw me dwell, To weep and sing his funeral knell. HOHENLINDEN. SY T. CAMPBELL, ESQ. ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay...winter was the flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. But Linden shew'd another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death, to light The... | |
| English poetry - 1803 - 520 pages
...that here you saw me dwell, To weep and sing his funeral knell. 231 HOHENLINDEN. BY T. CAMPBELL, ESQ. ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay...winter was the flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. But Linden shew'd another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death, to light The... | |
| Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...praise the Duke of Marlbro' And our good Prince Eugene.— Why 'twas a vrry wicked thing! HOHENLINDEN. On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay...dark as winter was the flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. Rut Linden shew'd another sight, When the drum beat at dead of ni^ht. Commanding fires of death, to... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1814 - 274 pages
...All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow, < And dark as winter was the flow I Of Iser, rolling rapidly. I But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat,...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... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...lay ihe untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iter rolling rapidly : But Linden show'd another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death, to light n raptur'd strains thy praise was hymn d ot old, And still resounds on Ganges' faithful shores ! The... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...verse was HOHENLINDEN. To the foregoing Tune. ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay th" untrodden snow; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser rolling rapidly. quite accable. I attempted to reason with him. Mercy on us, how he did fume and rage! Nothing could... | |
| Titus Strong - American literature - 1819 - 248 pages
...heaven thy every sin forgive," Shall be the orphan's prayer. CHAPTER XCV. DESCRIPTION OF A BATTLE. On Linden when the sun was low, All bloodless lay...darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle blade, And furious every charger neigli'd, To join the dreadful... | |
| Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1819 - 188 pages
...heaven from the death-bed of fame. HOHENLINDEN. ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay th" untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of...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... | |
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