 | English poetry - 1788 - 480 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 anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And tho' sometimes, each drear; pause... | |
 | William Collins - Odes, English - 1798 - 226 pages
...blood-stain'd sword, in thunder, down; And, with a with'ring 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; Dejected Pity, at his side, Her... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 pages
...blood-stain'd sword in thunder down , And ivith 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 tho' sometimes, each dreary pause... | |
 | William Collins - Fore-edge paintings - 1802 - 206 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 anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat; And tho' sometimes, each dreary pause... | |
 | William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...blood -stain'd sword, in thunder, down; And, with a with'riug 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... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...blood-stain'd sword, in thunder, down ; And, with a with'riiig 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1805 - 238 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 anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And tho' sometimes, each dreary pause... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 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 j And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And tho' sometimes, each dreary pause... | |
 | 1806 - 184 pages
...blood-stain1 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 anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And tho* sometimes, each dreary pause... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...blood-stain'd sword, in thunder, down ; And, with a with'ring 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/ Aiul, though sometimes, each dreary... | |
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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. 
