 Then shook the hills with thunder riven; Then rush'd the steed, to battle driven; And louder than the bolts of Heaven Far flash'd the red artillery. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of stained snow; And bloodier yet the torrent flow...  Gems of the Modern Poets: With Biographical Notices - Page 279by Samuel Carter Hall - 1842 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Salem Town - Readers - 1850 - 372 pages
...charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry. 4. Then shook the hills with thunder riven, Then rushed the steed to battle driven, And louder than the bolts of heaven Far flashed the red artillery. 5. But redder yet that light shall glow On Linden's hills of blood-stained... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder nven, Then rushed the steed to battle driven, And louder than the bolts of heaven, Far flashed the red artillery. Tis morn, but scarce yon lurid sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder riven ; Then rushed tlie steed to battle driven ; And, louder than the bolts of heaven, Far flashed the red artillery. But redder yet those fires shall glow, On Linden's hills of stained snow... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1850 - 318 pages
...dreadful revelry. IV. Then shook the hills with thunder riv'n, Then rush'd the steed to battle driv'n. And louder than the bolts of heaven, Far flash'd the red artillery. V. And redder yet those fires shall glow, On Linden's hills of blood-stain'd snowt And darker yet shall... | |
 | N. Leitch - 1851 - 234 pages
...Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh 'd, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder riven. Then rush'd...Tis morn — but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-cloud's rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat... | |
 | Alfred Bate Richards - English essays - 1851 - 288 pages
...you, Mr. Wordsworth ; but the poet shall answer for me and himself;' and I bolted at him : — ' " Then shook the hills with thunder riven, Then rush'd...driven ; And, louder than the bolts of heaven, Far flash 'd the red artillery." ' ' You are too good. It is the very stanza of all I should adduce to... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry.* Then shook the hills, with thunder riven ; Then rush'd the steed to battle driven ; And, volleying like the bolts of heaven, Far flash'd the red artillery.4 But redder still these fires shall... | |
 | John Cumming - Bible - 1851 - 592 pages
...on the Iser, a tributary of the Danube, took place : " When shook the hills, by thunder riven ; When rush'd the steed to battle driven ; And, louder than the bolts of heaven, Faxflash'd the red artillery." In 1805 the memorable battle of Austerlitz was fought likewise upon... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...charger neighed To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder riven! 4 Then rushed the steed to battle driven! And louder than the bolts of heaven, Far flashed the red artillery ! And redder yet those fires shall glow, 5 On Linden's hills of blood-stained... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...thunder riven, Then rushed the »teed to battle driven, And louder than the bolts of heaven Far flashed s of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The d hill- of stained snow, And bloodier yet the torrent Sow Of leer, rolling rapidly. Tis morn, but scarce... | |
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