 Take thy banner ! But when night Closes round the ghastly fight, If the vanquished warrior bow, Spare him ! — by our holy vow, By our prayers and many tears, By the mercy that endears, Spare him ! — he our love hath shared ! Spare him ! — as thou...  The American Monthly Magazine - Page 5601895Full view - About this book
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 520 pages
...mercy that endears, Spare him — he our love hath shared — Spare him — as thou wouldst be spared ! Take thy banner! — and if e'er Thou shouldst press...banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud, pp. 58 — 60. Mr Jones's versification is generally easy and correct, and his conceptions sprightly,... | |
 | English literature - 1836 - 496 pages
...mercy that endears, Spare him — he our love hath shared — Spare him — as thou wouldst be spared. Take thy banner;— and if e'er Thou shouldst press...bier, And the muffled drum should beat To the tread of nu tinilnl feet, Then this crimson ilag shall be. Martial cloak and shroud for thee. And the warrior... | |
 | 1824 - 494 pages
...mercy that endears, Spare him — he our love bath sharedSpare him — as thou wouldst be spared ! Take thy banner ! — and if e'er Thou shouldst press...banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud. HWI* LOVE ASLEEP. Wake him not, he dreams of bliss ; His little lips put forth to kiss ; His arms,... | |
 | 1825 - 574 pages
...thou wouldst be spared ! Take tby banner ! — and if e'er Thou shouldsl press the soldier's hier, And the muffled drum should beat To the tread of mournful...crimson flag shall be Martial cloak and shroud for thee I And the warrior took that banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud. . HWL LOVE ASLEEP.... | |
 | 1826 - 518 pages
...mercy that endears, Spare him — he our love hath shared — Spare him — as thou wouldst be spared ! Take thy banner ! — and if e'er Thou shouldst press...banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud- pp. 58 — GO. Mr Jones's versification is generally easy and correct, and his conceptions sprightly,... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...mercy that endears, Spare him — he our love hath shared — Spare him — as thou wouldst be spared ! Take thy banner ! — and if e'er Thou shouldst press...banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud. LOVE ASLEEP. Wake him not, he dreams of bliss ; His little lips put forth a kiss ; His arms, entwined... | |
 | American poetry - 1826 - 192 pages
...the mercy that endears, Spare him—he our love hath shared— Spare him—as thou wouldst be spared! To the tread of mournful feet, Then this crimson flag...banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud. LOVE ASLEEP. Wake him not, he dreams of bliss; His little lips put forth a kiss; His arms, entwined... | |
 | 1829 - 436 pages
...mercy that endears, Spare him — he our love hath shared — Spare him — as thou wouldst be spared ! Take thy banner ! — and if e'er Thou shouldst press...banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud. THE INDIAK HUNTER. WHEN the summer harvest was gather'd in, And the sheaf of the gleaner grew white... | |
 | Samuel Kettell - American poetry - 1829 - 432 pages
...shared— By the mercy that endears, Spare him—as thou wouldst be spared! Take thy banner!—and if e'er Thou shouldst press the soldier's bier, And...banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud. THE INDIAN HUNTER. WHEN the summer harvest was gather'd in, And the ploughshare was in its furrow left,... | |
 | Lyre - English poetry - 1830 - 396 pages
...that endears ; Spare him — he our love hath shared — Spare him — as thou wouldst be spared ! Take thy banner ! — and if e'er Thou shouldst press...banner proud, And it was his martial cloak and shroud . THE NIGHTINGALE FLOWER. FAIR flower of silent night! Unto thy bard an emblem thou shouldst be : His... | |
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