| English poetry - 1863 - 362 pages
...thought the -field of death survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle...to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he... | |
| English poems - 1863 - 364 pages
...peaceful thought the field of death survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle...to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he... | |
| English poetry - 1863 - 478 pages
...peaceful thought the field of death survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle...to rage. So when an angel, by divine command. With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd, Calm and serene he... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1864 - 546 pages
...In peaceful thought the field of death survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful...where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1909 - 882 pages
...peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons lent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle...to rage. So when an angel by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene... | |
| Richard C. AUSTIN - 1864 - 176 pages
...peaceful thought the field of death survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle...to rage : So when an angel, by Divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia pass'd,) Calm and serene... | |
| Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pages
...peaceful thought the field of death surveyed To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle...where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1896 - 510 pages
...peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle...to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene... | |
| Thomas De Quincey, David Masson - 1897 - 472 pages
...thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Sufl'ered repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle...to rage. So, when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Essays - 1898 - 234 pages
...In peaceful thought the field of death survey'd, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful...where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia's past, Calm and serene he... | |
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