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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 Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 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 Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each

William Collins, Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1852 - 332 pages
...And longer had she sung, — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose ; He threw his blood- stainM 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 unalter'd...
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National Series of Selections for Reading; Adapted to the Standing ..., Volume 4

Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...[Read with the high key.] But, with a frown, Revenge 16* impatient rose. He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down ; and, with a withering look,...anon he beat the doubling drum, with furious heat : [Low key, very slowly.] and though, sometimes, each dreary pause between, dejected Pity, at his side,...
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Guy's new speaker, selections of poetry and prose from the best writers in ...

Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...: lie threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look, The war-denonncing 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 unalter'd...
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School elocution : or The young academical orator

William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...the same with that of anger ; but the pitch not so hard. PERSONIFICATION OF REVENGE. With a frown, Revenge impatient rose — He threw his blood-stain'd...anon he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat; -Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd mien, While each strain'd ball of sight Seem'd bursting from...
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Poets of England and America: Being Selections from the Best Authors of Both ...

Poets, American - 1853 - 560 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 The...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 book of English poetry, with critical and biogr. sketches of the poets

English poetry - 1853 - 552 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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McGuffey's Newly Revised Eclectic Fourth Reader: Containing Elegant Extracts ...

William Holmes McGuffey - Children - 1853 - 350 pages
...6. And longer had'she sung, but with a frown, N 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,...
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The Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Collins, and T. Warton: With Lives ...

Oliver Goldsmith, William Collins, George Gilfillan, Thomas Warton - English literature - 1854 - 354 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,...furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, so Yet still he kept his wild...
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The practical elocutionist

Conrad Hume Pinches - Elocution - 1854 - 460 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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