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" He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took ; And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe . And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat... "
Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ... - Page 375
by William Hazlitt - 1824 - 822 pages
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The Fireside Encyclopedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ...

Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1901 - 1080 pages
...soft responsive voice was heard at every close ; 728 And longer had she sung: — but with a frown 901 between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd...
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International Library of Masterpieces, Literature, Art and Rare ..., Volume 8

Harry Thurston Peck - Literature - 1901 - 444 pages
...And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. And longer had she sung; — but with a frown, Revenge impatient rose : He threw his blood-stain'd...dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe I And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat; And though sometimes, each dreary...
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The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1902 - 394 pages
...Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair ; — And longer had she sung : — but with a frown Revenge impatient rose : He threw his blood-stain'd...furious heat; And, though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd...
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The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1902 - 406 pages
...Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair ; — And longer had she sung : — but with a frown Revenge impatient rose : He threw his blood-stain'd...furious heat; And, though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul -subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd...
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Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1902 - 860 pages
...; He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look, The war- denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread,...furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature: A Biographical and ..., Volume 6

John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1903 - 542 pages
...And longer had she sung ; — but, with a frown, Revenge, impatient, rose. He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look,...furious heat : And, though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild, unaltered...
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Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1903 - 190 pages
...waved her golden hair ;— And longer had she sung :—but with a frown Revenge impatient rose : 40 He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ;...dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ! 45 And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat; And, though sometimes, each dreary...
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The World's Best Poetry: Of fancy, of sentiment; [introductory essay] The ...

English poetry - 1904 - 542 pages
...And longer had she sung — 1m t, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose ; He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down ; And, with a withering look,...furious heat ; And though, sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild, unaltered...
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Odes, sonnets and epigrams

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1905 - 302 pages
...hair. And longer had she sung — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose; He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down : And, with a withering look,...furious heat; And though, sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild, unaltered...
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The Poems of William Collins

William Collins - 1907 - 140 pages
...And Hope enchanted smil'd, and wav'd Her golden Hair. And longer had She sung, — but with a Frown, Revenge impatient rose, He threw his blood-stain'd...he beat The doubling Drum with furious Heat ; And tho1 sometimes each dreary Pause between, Dejected Pity at his Side, Her Soul-subduing Voice applied,...
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