 | Robert Montgomery - English poetry - 1823 - 326 pages
...lies, While from his ruffled lids, the white-swell'd eyes Ghastly and grimly stare upon the skies ! But who, upon the battle-wasted plain, Shall count the faint, the gasping, and the slain 1 Angel of Mercy! ere the blood-fount chill, And the brave heart be spiritless and still, Amid the... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - English poetry - 1828 - 228 pages
...glee, Leers on his lifeless sire with infant wile, And plays, and plucks him for a parent's smile ! But who, upon the battle-wasted plain, Shall count...shore, Where war's loud thunders lash the winds no more ! And on Thy Deep, — the girdle of the world, When the fierce hurricanoes have unfurl'd Their rapid... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - God - 1830 - 226 pages
...warrior lies, While from his ruffled lids the white-swell'd eyes Ghastly and grimly stare upon the skies! But who, upon the battle-wasted plain, Shall count...heart be spiritless and still, Amid the havoc Thou art hov' ring nigh, To calm each groan, and close each dying eye, And waft the spirit to that halcyon shore,... | |
 | Arts - 1830 - 824 pages
...battle-wasted plain, attending the " blood-fount" as an angel of mercy. " Amid the havoc thou art hovering nigh, To calm each groan and close each dying eye,...Where war's loud thunders lash the winds no more." We pass over " the loud thunder," " the lightning glare," " the roaring of the midnight sea," " the... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - 1845 - 168 pages
...lies, While from the ruffled lids his white-swell'd eyes Ghastly and grimly stare upon the skies ! But who, upon the battle-wasted plain, Shall count...Where war's loud thunders lash the winds no more. & Storm ant) Jbjjipfowefe. And on Thy deep, the girdle of the world, When the fierce hurricanoes have... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1856 - 466 pages
...cherub glee, Leers on his lifeless sire with infant-wile, And plays and plucks him for a parent's smile. But who, upon the battle-wasted plain, Shall count the faint, the gasping, and the siain j— Angel of Mercy ! ere the blood-fount chill, And the brave heart be spiritless and still,... | |
 | Robert Raikes Raymond - Recitations - 1864 - 530 pages
...cherub glee, Leers on his lifeless sire with infant-wile, And plays and plucks him for a parent's smile. But who, upon the battle-wasted plain, Shall count...be spiritless and still, Amid the havoc, thou art hovering nigh To calm each groan, and close each dying eye, And waft the spirit to that halcyon shore,... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...glee, Leers on his lifeless sire with infant wile, And plays and plucks him for a parent's smile ! But who, upon the battle-wasted plain. Shall count...brave heart be spiritless and still, Amid the havoc thon art hovering nigh, To calm each groan, and close each dying^ eye, And waft the spirit to that... | |
 | David Charles Bell - Elocution - 1879 - 556 pages
...with infant- wile, And plays and plucks him' for a parent's smile. But who, upon the battle- wasted plain, Shall count the faint, the gasping, and the...be spiritless and still, Amid the havoc, Thou art hovering nigh To calm each groan, and close each dying eye, And waft the spirit to that halcyon shore,... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 562 pages
...glee — Leers on his lifeless sire with infant wile, And plays and plucks him for a parent's smile. But who upon the battle-wasted plain Shall count the...brave heart be spiritless and still, Amid the havoc tbou art hovering nigh To calm each groan and close each dying eye, And waft the spirit to that halcyon... | |
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So sweetly prattling in his cherub glee, Leers on his lifeless sire with infant wile, And plays and plucks him for a parent's smile ! But who, upon the battle-wasted plain, Shall count the faint, the gasping, and the slain ? Angel of Mercy ! ere the blood-fount... 
