 tis the funeral trumpet's breath! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing ; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep and general din Pour their wild wailing. The song of praise...  The curse of Kehama - Page 3by Robert Southey - 1811Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 562 pages
...high, A dark and waving canopy ! Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal...trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though the trumpet's breath, and the dirge of death, Mingle and swell the funeral yell. But rising... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 568 pages
...high, A dark and waving canopy! Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal...then join in, And with one deep and general din Pour tneir wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid that deafening sound ; You hear no more the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 806 pages
...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, With one long thunder-peal...trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though the trumpet's breath, and the dirge of death, Mingle and swell the funeral yell. But rising... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 400 pages
...high, A dark and waving canopy! Hark . 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! "Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal...And with one deep and general din Pour their wild vailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid that deafening sound ; You hear no more the trumpet's tone.... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pages
...high, A dark and waving canopy. Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath! "Tis the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing - f Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep and general din Pour their wild wailing. The... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...high, A dark and waving canopy ! Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! Tis the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal...deafening sound : You hear no more the trumpet's tone, \ MI hear no more the mourner's moan, Though the trumpets breath, and the dirge of death, Mingle and... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...A dark and waving canopy. 3. Hark ! 't is the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid the deafening sound; You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 464 pages
...on high, A dark and waving canopy! Hark! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath! 'Tis the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid ihat deafening sound; You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
 | 1862 - 512 pages
...high, A dark and waving canopy. Hark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal...trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though the trumpet's breath, and the dirge of death, Mingle and swell the funeral yell. But rising... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 338 pages
...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, With one long thunder-peal...din Pour their wild wailing. The song of praise is drowned Amid the deafening sound : You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's... | |
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