 | 1842 - 612 pages
...dreadful groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power... | |
 | 1869 - 406 pages
...prayer for mercy drowns, The soldier's revels in the midst of carnage, The wail of famine in beleagered towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade." Far be it from me to rejoice in hie downfall, or to withhold the slightest commiseration from him in... | |
 | 1844 - 784 pages
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The...of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, oh man, with such discordant noise?, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drown est Nature's... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests, upon their teocallis, Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. 5 The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 10 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 10 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever...discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drowneet Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power,... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The...of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, 0 in •.», with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...tumult of each sacked and burning village, The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns, The soldier's revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine...in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. It is, O man, with such discordant noises — With such accursed instruments as these — Thou drownest... | |
 | 1873 - 398 pages
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleagured towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing... | |
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The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry,... 
