And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming... Childe Harold, ed. by H.F. Tozer - Page 114by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 336 pagesFull view - About this book
| Tobias Smollett - Books - 1816 - 674 pages
...clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar, And near,...with white lips — ' The foe ! They come ! they come !' " The consequences of this great struggle are likewise adverted to, and a character of Buonaparte... | |
| 1816 - 274 pages
...clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near,...;• While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Orwhisperingjwithwhitelips "Thefoe! Theycome, they come!" And wild and high the " Cameron's gathering"... | |
| England - 1822 - 932 pages
...clattering car Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder, peal on peal afar, And near,...with white lips — ' The foe ! they come ! they come !' " And wild and high the " Cameron's Gathering" rose — The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills... | |
| English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near,...dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — " The foe I They come ! they come!" XXVI. ' And wild and high the " Cameron's gathering" rose ! The war-note... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1817 - 860 pages
...clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near...Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white iips — " The foe • they come !... | |
| English literature - 1817 - 552 pages
...thecla'tering cari •Went pouring forward with impetuous sp-'cd, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near,...Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While Ihrong'd the citizens with tenor dumb, Or whispering, with white lips— " The foe! They com* ! they... | |
| Edmund Burke - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 - 1817 - 860 pages
...with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on |>eal afar ; And near the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged. the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips — " The foe ! they come !... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near, the bent of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While throng' d the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — "The foe! The3« come!... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...clattering car, . Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in tjie ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on. peal afar; And near...Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While tlirong'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — „The foe! They they come!".'... | |
| John Edgecombe Daniel - Europe - 1820 - 532 pages
...clattering car Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming' drum Rous'd up the soldiers ere the morning star ; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering,... | |
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