 | English literature - 1817 - 590 pages
...tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now...the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. ' Last noon beheld them lull of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly... | |
 | England - 1822 - 932 pages
...inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. Alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass, While now beneath them ; but above shall grow In its next...the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low." These verses, so much admired and so popular, are a good example of emotions which are... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1817 - 860 pages
...instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clans-man's ear! And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 - 1817 - 860 pages
...The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's faîne rings in each clans-man's ear! And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over tlie unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...thousand years, And 4 Evan'sj 5 Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears ! XXVII. And Ardennes 6 waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's...Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the uureturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass "YVJiich now beneath them ,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now...the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. XXVIII. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...thousand years, And (*) Evan's, (5) Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears ! XXVII. And Ardennes (6) waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above .shall... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...thousand years, And" Eyau's3, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears ! XXVII. And Ardennes -troves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops,...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but shove shall... | |
 | Scotland - 1822 - 880 pages
...breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers "* With the fierce native daring, which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. Alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass, While now beneath them ; but above shall grow... | |
 | William Oxberry - English literature - 1824 - 384 pages
...breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And...the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The... | |
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Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. 
