 The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry,...  The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems - Page 25by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 151 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 612 pages
...dreadful groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...Were half the power that fills the world with terror, — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and sports, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There... | |
 | International peace society - 232 pages
...wrench'd asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of tbuuder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O man ! with...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownost Nature's sweet arid kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Were half the power... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 440 pages
...pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 10 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever...discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...the cannonade. Is it, 0 man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, 20 There were no need... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...swift keys ! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies ! I hoar even now the infinite fierce chorus, The cries of...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drowneet Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power,... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, 0 in •.», with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments...Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarreHt the celestial harmonies '. Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half... | |
 | People's and Howitt's journal - 938 pages
...to earth, ao many blinding, deafening sights and sounds to keep the eyes aiul thoughts from heaven! Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these Thou drowncdi nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jurat the celestial harmonies !• Bat look at the various... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1873 - 398 pages
...for mercy drowns ; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleagured towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, (riven to redeem the human mind from error, There... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...musketry, the clashing blade, And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. It is, O man, with such discordant noises — With such accursed...Were half the power that fills the world with terror — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts — Given to redeem the human mind from Error,... | |
 | John Frost - Generals - 1847 - 414 pages
...of San Juan de Ulloa, I could not but think of Longfellow's beautiful and truthful lines. ' Is it, 0 man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed...Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There... | |
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