Quench'd in the unnatural light which might out-stare Even the broad eye of day ; And thou from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of heaven... The Quarterly Review - Page 45edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
| Robert Southey - 1811 - 304 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of deatli ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing ; Ten thousand... | |
| Robert Southey - 1811 - 282 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! c For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...many a fold, Ascending floats along the fiery sky, ( g And hangeth visible on high, 6 " A dark and waving canopy. Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath... | |
| Robert Southey - 1812 - 288 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. S. Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums... | |
| Robert Southey - 1812 - 278 pages
...fold, Ascending floats along the fiery sky, And hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. 3. Hark! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep and general din Pour their wild wailing. The song... | |
| Robert Southey - 1829 - 806 pages
...lo ! ten thousand torches flame aud llurr Upon the midnight air. Blotting the lights of heaven \Viih one portentous glare. Behold the fragrant smoke in...hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. Hark ! 't is the funeral trumpet's breath ! T is the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin,... | |
| Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. 3. Hark ! 't is the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of heaven Witli one portentous glare. Behold the fragrant smoke in...a fold, Ascending floats along the fiery sky, And hangcth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy ! Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! Tis... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 464 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Mojn, an ineffectual ray! For lo! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of heaven With one protentous glare. Behold the fragrant smoke in many a fold, Ascending floats along the fiery sky, And... | |
| 1842 - 504 pages
...from thy ct'lestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...a fold Ascending, floats along the fiery sky, And hangcth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. Hark! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath! 'Tis the... | |
| Stephen W. q (Stephen Watkins) Clark - 1847 - 242 pages
...pathway dim Along the passing billows' brim."—Hesperian. " For lo!. ten thousand torches flame and flare •• Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights...hangeth visible on high, A dark, and waving canopy ! "—Sowthey. " 0 liberty! "I wait for thee, To break this chain and dungeon bar; I hear thy spirit... | |
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