 And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave,— alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall...  Swinton's Reader and Speaker - Page 401by William Swinton - 1883Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 442 pages
...where he received his mortal wound, 14th October, 1806.] 1 [ '* The UTI return ing brave— alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now...shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Ofliving valour, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. " Last... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 456 pages
...Jena, where he received his mortal wound, 14th October, 1806.] *\_ "The unretnrning brave — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall growIn its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the fop, And burning with... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1835 - 226 pages
...learning the rudiments of love, war, and the German flute. CHAPTER XXIII. » QUATRE BRAS AND WATERLOO. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently-stern... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
...mass Of living valor, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. 8. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signai-sound of strife, The morn, the marshaling in arms, — the day, Battle's magnificently stern... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1835 - 970 pages
...the rudiments of love, war, and the German flute. MY LIFE. CHAPTER VIII. QUATRE-BRtS AND WATERLOO. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently-stern... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 420 pages
...mass Of living valor, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. 6 Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve...beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal sound of strife, The morn, the marshalling in arms, — the day, Battle's magnificently-stern... | |
 | John Hoppus - 1836 - 770 pages
...tear-drops, as they pass. Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now...In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low ! A road, upwards... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - 1836 - 226 pages
...tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now...In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. Last noon beheld... | |
 | Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now...In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. Last noon beheld... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now...In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe ' [low. And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and (1) Sir Evan... | |
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