 He threw 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...  The Poetical Works of W. Collins - Page 77by William Collins - 1848 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...rose. He threw 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 5 And ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum with furious heat : And though, sometimes, each... | |
 | 1828 - 848 pages
...threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down; And with a withering look, H iß pocket handkerchief he took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sound so full of woe; And ever and anon he beat The witness box with furious heat : And though sometimes,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pages
...malicious, if he trows I deserve credit, and yet goes about to Hal it. Stittingfleet. And, with a withering @ {, woe. Coliiiu. Nor deemed before his little day was done One blatt might chill him into misery. Byron.... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...blood stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look, The war denouncing trumpet tot>k, 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... | |
 | 1829 - 430 pages
...were absent just then, taking a glass;—so Tom, stretching to the music, seized a drum-stick,— " And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat." till he brought the entire orchestra (drummer and fiddler) back to a sense of their duty. Next came... | |
 | University of Cambridge - 1830 - 636 pages
...frown Revenge impatient rose : He threw bis blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast...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... | |
 | William Collins, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Sir Egerton Brydges, John Langhorne - 1830 - 234 pages
...look, "'• The war-denouncing trumpet took, VARIATION. Ver. 30. What was thy delightful measure ? And blew a blast so loud and dread, ^ Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe !' 45 And, ever and anon, he beat''1 The doubling drum, with furious heat ; •' And though sometimes,... | |
 | 1831 - 496 pages
...whole musical strength of the company, applying their instruments to their lips at onoe, have blown a blast so loud and dread, " Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe !" His majesty, however, still lingers rather unaccountably behind the scenes ; the audience begins... | |
 | John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...Revenge impatient rose. 6. He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down: And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a...anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat. 7. And though, sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side, Her soul-subduing voice... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...frown. Revenge impatient rose; He threw his blood-stained sword, in thunder, down; And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a...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... | |
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