 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...these, Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Longfellow. Did ye not hear it? — No! 'twas but the wind, Or...repeat, And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before; Arm! arm! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar. Byron. CAPARLE. CAGE. 157 CAPABLE— CAPACITY.... | |
 | 1865 - 740 pages
...And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush 1 hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. Did ye not hear it ? No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the...But hark ! that heavy sound breaks in once more, As ir the clouds its echo wonld repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ; arm ! it is... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...gradually finds his way back to his own pe : culiar vein of sentiment and diction!—JEFFREY.] XXII. Did ye not hear it ?—-No ; 'twas but the wind Or...repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm! arm! it is—it is the cannon's opening roar! .XXIII. Within a windowM niche of that high hall... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...And all went merry as a marriage-bell, But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. Did ye not hear it ? No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the...repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before. Arm ! arm ! it is, it is, the cannon's opening roar ! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! WATERLOO. 11 Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind,...repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! Arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! * Within a window'd niche of that high... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...went merry as a marriage-bell ; э But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! XXII. ; Few are his words, but keen his eye and hand. Ne'er...jovial mess, But they forgive his silence for success. ! Arm ! Arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! XXIII. Within a window'd niche of that... | |
 | Jesse Olney - 1854 - 352 pages
...And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark !—a deep sound strikes like a rising knell 2. Did ye not hear it ?—No; 'twas but the wind, Or...repeat. And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is—it is—the cannon's opening roar! 3. Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 pages
...And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knull ' Did ye not hear it ? No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the...repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! Arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Within a windowed niche of that high... | |
 | 1854 - 576 pages
...marriage-bell. But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising kneL Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 't was but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street....repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier, than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Within a windowed niche of that high... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1855 - 520 pages
...all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! — a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind,...repeat. And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and... | |
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twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.— But hark! 
