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" And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight... "
The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany - Page 252
1819
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...blood-stained sword in thunder down ; And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ! And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary...
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Speech of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, Upon the Right of the People ...

John Quincy Adams - 1838 - 144 pages
...his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wo. And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And tho', sometimes, each dreary...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pages
...his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast, so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ; And, ever and anon, he beat Dejected Pity at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 pages
...blood-stain'd sword in thunder down — | And with a withering look, \ The war-denouncing trumpet took, | And blew a blast so loud, and dread, | Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wo'; And ever, and anon, he beat \ The doubling drum with furious heat, : | And, though, sometimes,...
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Cours de versions anglaises ou Recueil choisi d'anecdotes, traits ...

P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 pages
...thunder down, And, wilh a withering look (2), The war-denouncing trumpet took , And blew a blast (5) so loud and dread — Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ; And ever and anon (4) he beat The doubling drum wilh furions heal : And though sometimes each dreary...
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The United States Speaker, a Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast, so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wo ; And ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though, sometimes, each dreary...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each

William Collins - 1844 - 324 pages
...his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down; And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ! And ever and auon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, ennobled whatever it touched, and under which Tice itself lost half its ev wo ; And ever and anon he beat The double drum with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors : to ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pages
...blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look, 3 The war-denouncing trumpet took. And blew a blast so loud and dread. Were ne'er, prophetic sounds so full of wo ; And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum with furious heat : • And though, sometimes, each...
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The United States Speaker: A Copious Selection of Exercises in Elocution ...

John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 pages
...his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast, so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of wo ; And ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though, sometimes, each dreary...
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