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" And many a sinner's parting seen, But never aught like this." — The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — STANLEY ! was the cry : — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying... "
The poetical works of Walter Scott - Page 198
by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820
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Marmion;: A Tale of Flodden Field, Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...this." — The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — STANLEY! was the cry; — A light on Marmion's visage spread,...Stanley, on!",... Were the last words of Marmion. XXXIV. By this, though deep the evening fell, ,,-. \\ Still rose the battle's deadly swell, For still...
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures on ..., Volume 4

1808 - 416 pages
...moment " The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — STANLEY ! was the cry ; — A light on Marmion's visage spread,...On, Stanley, on !' Were the last words of Marmion." P. 366. No painter, worthy of the name, can- read that description, and sleep till he has embodied...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 4, Part 1

1808 - 596 pages
...this." — The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — STANLEY ! was the cry ; — A light on Marmion's visage spread,...eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the. fragnjent of his blade, And shouted '< Victory ! — " Charge, Chester, charge ) On, Stanley, on !"•...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 5

Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808 - 702 pages
...he held it out to the last, like a brave fellow, without any flinching or twitching of conscience. With dying hand above his head, He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted " victory." which, with the rest of his last words, though we must allow it t» be excellent poetry, contains but...
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Select Reviews, Volumes 1-2

1809 - 914 pages
...once " The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — STANLEY! was the cry;— A light on Marmion's visage spread,...Stanley, on !". . . . Were the last words of Marmion." p. 366. The lady is now hurried away by the priest ; and the close of the day is thus described, with...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 1

Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pages
...once " The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And— STANLEY ! was the cry; — A light on Marmion's visage spread,...Stanley, on !". . . . Were the last words of Marmion." p. 366. The lady is now hurried away by the priest ; and the close of the day ia thus described, with...
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The Annual review and history of literature, A. Aiken ed, Volume 7

Arthur Aikin - 1809 - 832 pages
...And iirtd his glazing i-ус : Willi ching hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his Made, .And shouted "Victory!— « Charge. Chester, charge! On, Stanley, on!'— Were the last words of Mai mien." We almost grudge to a knave guilty of forgery the glorious death of a Wolfe and a Nelson....
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The Works of Walter Scott, Esq: Marmion; a tale of Flodden field

Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...this." — The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — STANLEY ! was the cry ; — A light on Marmion's visage spread,...Stanley, on !" . . . Were the last words of Marmion. CANTO vi. THE BATTLE. 367 XXXIII. By !*MS, though deep the evening fell, Still rose the battle's deadly...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...this." The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And — STANLEY! was the cry; — A light on Marmion's visage spread,...On, Stanley, on ."' Were the last words of Marmion. Ode to Buonaparte, by LORD BYKON, I. 'TIS done — but yesterday a King ! And arm'd with kings to strive....
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Scribbleomania: Or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem

William Henry Ireland - 1815 - 362 pages
...while the words enlisted to form a jingle are strained and unpoetical in the extreme : witness " ' Charge, Chester, charge ! — on, Stanley, on !' — Were the last words of Mar-mi-on." In reply to which, one might well exclaim — Charge, Hazard, charge ! — Quack on, quack on! O !...
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