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" He threw 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... "
The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins - Page 82
by William Collins - 1802 - 124 pages
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The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1912 - 502 pages
...responsive voice was heard at every close ; And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair; — And longer had she sung : — but with a frown Revenge...He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down; 25 And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were...
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Poems of sentiment and reflection

Poetry - 1912 - 440 pages
...voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. The Passions 2935 And longer had she sung, — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose; He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And...
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The Art of Rendering: A Condensed and Comprehensive Treatise on the Culture ...

Frank Honywell Fenno - Elocution - 1912 - 348 pages
...responsive voice was heard at every close; And Hope, enchanted, smiled, and waved her golden hair. And longer had she sung, but with a frown Revenge impatient rose. He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet took, And...
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Chaucer to Burns

William Stebbing - English poetry - 1913 - 426 pages
...the vale, She call'd on Echo still, through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, And longer had she sung ; — but with a frown, Revenge impatient rose ; He threw his blood-stain' d sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look, The war- denouncing trumpet took,...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 3

Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1913 - 632 pages
...soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair And longer had she sung ; — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose : He threw'his blood-stained sword, in thunder, down ; And with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet...
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Selected Lyrics from Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper, and Burns

Charles Swain Thomas - English poetry - 1913 - 104 pages
...responsive voice was heard at every close; And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair; — And longer had she sung: — but with a frown Revenge impatient rose: 40 He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down; And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet...
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Lectures on Dryden

Arthur Woollgar Verrall - 1914 - 322 pages
...each giving a characteristic musical performance. Hope, for instance, is interrupted by Revenge : — And longer had she sung; — but with a frown, Revenge...sounds so full of woe ! And ever and anon he beat And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice...
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The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning

Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 952 pages
...and waved her golden hair. And longer had she sung; — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose; 40 5 auon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between,...
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English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson

Henry Spackman Pancoast - English literature - 1915 - 858 pages
...And longer had she sung; — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose: 40 He threw his blood-stained ow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the...a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And ne Wrere ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe! 45 And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with...
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The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning: Ed., with Introduction ...

Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 956 pages
...soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. ucius Hudson Holt 40 He threw his blood-stain'd sword, in thunder, down; And with a withering look, The war-denouncing...
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