 E'en to the centre of the hosts around ; And, as I thought, rose the sonorous swell, As from some church-tower swings the silvery bell ; Aloft and clear from airy tide to tide It glided easy, as a bird may glide. To the last verge of that vast audience...  Recollections of Troubled Times in Irish Politics - Page 4by Timothy Daniel Sullivan - 1905 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Scotland - 1860 - 834 pages
...and on his mother earth ! Once to my sight the giant thus was given, Wall'd by wide air, and roof 'd by boundless heaven ; Beneath his feet the human ocean...away. Methought no clarion could have sent its sound Even to the centre of the hosts around ; And as I thought rose the sonorous swell, As from some church-tower... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1860 - 164 pages
...on his mother earth ! Once to my sight tho giant thus was given, "VVall'd by wide air, ai d roof d by boundless heaven ; Beneath his feet the human ocean lay, And wave on wave flow'd into space away. Methought no clarion could have sent its sound Even to the centre of the hosts... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ireland - 1861 - 324 pages
...following is Bulwer's description of the scene : — " Once to my sight the giant thus was given, Walled by wide air and roofed by boundless heaven : Beneath...Methought no clarion could have sent its sound E'en to the centre of the hosts around; And, as I thought, rose the sonorous swell, As from some church-tower swings... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ireland - 1871 - 382 pages
...following is Bulwer's description of the scene : Once to my sight the giant thus was given, Walled by wide air and roofed by boundless heaven : Beneath...Methought no clarion could have sent its sound E'en to the centre of the hosts around ; And, as I thought, rose the sonorous swell, As from some church-tower... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ireland - 1871 - 388 pages
...following is Bulwer's description of the scene : Once to my sight the giant thus was given, Walled by wide air and roofed by boundless heaven : Beneath...Methought no clarion could have sent its sound E'en to the centre of the hosts around ; And, as I thought, rose the sonorous swell, As from some church-tower... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ireland - 1872 - 348 pages
...following is Bulwer's description of the scene : Once to my sight the giant thus was given, "Walled by wide air and roofed by boundless heaven : Beneath his feet the human ocean lay, And wave on ware flowed into space away. Methought no clarion could have sent its sound Ken to the centre of the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1876 - 816 pages
...haranguing one of his great open air meetings : — " Once to my sight the giant thus was given : Walled by wide air and roofed by boundless , heaven ; Beneath...Methought no clarion could have sent its sound E'en to the centre of the hosts around ; And as I thought rose the sonorous swell, As from some church-tower swings... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Ireland - 1876 - 352 pages
...following is Bulwer's description of the scene : Once to my sight the giant thus was given, Walled by wide air and roofed by boundless heaven : Beneath...ocean lay, And wave on wave flowed into space away. Methonght no clarion could have sent its sound Ken to the centre of the hosts around ; And, as I thought,... | |
 | James Wills - Ireland - 1876 - 750 pages
...there is a powerful description of the scene— " Once to my sight the giant thus was given, Walled by wide air and roofed by boundless heaven ; Beneath his feet the human ocean lay, And wave on wave ilowed into space away. Methought no clarion could have sent ite sound, E'en to the centre of the hosts... | |
 | Alfred Webb - Ireland - 1878 - 616 pages
...description of the scene, as quoted by Mr. Lecky : " Once to my sight the giant thus was given, Walled by wide air and roofed by boundless heaven : Beneath...space away. Methought no clarion could have sent its Bound E'en to the centre of the hosts around ; And, o£ I thought, rose the sonorous swell* As from... | |
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