 When a Mammonite mother kills her babe for a burial fee, And Timour-Mammon grins on a pile of children's bones, Is it peace or war ? better, war ! loud war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones.  Points at Issue and Some Other Points - Page 78by Henry Augustin Beers - 1904 - 273 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marlborough coll - 1855 - 126 pages
...present work and his earlier productions. We select two lines as fine as any the poem produces : — " For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam." but how sadly is the effect spoiled by what... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...her babe for a burial fee. And Timour-Mammon grins on a pile of children's bones, Is it peace or war? better, war! loud war by land and by sea. War with...thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones." However, the Poet has hope even in these wicked wights : ' ' For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder... | |
 | 1855 - 724 pages
...babe for a burial fee, And Timour-ilammon grins on a pile of children's bones, Is It peace or war ? better, war ! loud war by land and by sea. War with...trust If an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the bill, And the rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of the foam/ That the smoothfaced... | |
 | University magazine - 1855 - 776 pages
...babe for a burial fee, And Timour-Mammon grins on a pile of children's bones, Is it peace or war ? better, war ! loud war by land and by sea, War with...three-decker out of the foam, That the smoothfaced suubnosed rogue would leap from his counter and till, And strike, if he could, were it but with his... | |
 | 1855 - 808 pages
...ojcnudren'a bones, Is it peace or war? better, warl loud war by land and by sea, Wir with a thousand hattles, and shaking a hundred thrones. For I trust If an enemy's...rushing battle-bolt sang from the three-decker out of tho foam, That the smooth-faced muli-nosed rogue would Iran from lai counter and titl, And strike,... | |
 | 1855 - 812 pages
...bon<**, Ts it peace or warf better, warl loud war by land and by sea, War with a thousand battle», and shaking a hundred thrones. For I trust If an enemy's...yonder round by the hill, And the rushing .battle-bolt saug from the three-decker out of the foam, That Vie »niootft-fiwed enub-nftttfii rogue vxwld Ifaji... | |
 | 1855 - 1416 pages
...for a burial fee, And Tlmour-Marauion grins on a pile of children's lioi:es, . Is it peace or war ? better, war ! loud war by land and by sea, War with...a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones. THB IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill. And the... | |
 | 1855 - 714 pages
...babe for a burial fee, And Timour-Mammon grins on a pile of children's bones, Is it peace or war ? better, war ! loud war by land and by sea, War with...thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones." After this furious protest against the hollowness of the age, beside which all the reformers are pale,... | |
 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1855 - 176 pages
...babe for a burial fee, And Timour-Mammon grins on a pile of children's bones, Is it peace or war ? better, war ! loud war by land and by sea, War with...a thousand battles, and shaking a hundred thrones. 13. For I trust if an enemy's fleet came yonder round by the hill, And the rushing battle-bolt sang... | |
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