 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...glittering arms; And when Ambition's voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall, in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round and round and round ; To me it talks of ravag'd plains, And burning towns, add ruiu'd swains, And mangled limbs and dying groans,... | |
 | William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...glitt'ring arms ; And when Ambition's voice commands To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round ; To mo it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruin'd swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans.... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - Readers - 1833 - 286 pages
..." Blessed be God, I have so honest a servant." LESSON ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH. The Miseries of War. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round,...yields, And lures from cities and from fields: To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans,... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...glitt'ring arms ; And, when ambition's voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall, in foreign lands. I hate that Drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To me it speaks of ravag'd plains, And burning towns, and ruin'd swains, And mangled limbs, and dying... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...decorations ; he has torn aside the veil, and viewed this dreadful scourge in its natural colours : — " I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round ; To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruin'd swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans,... | |
 | John Evans - Life - 1834 - 306 pages
...lines describing WAR and its consequences, are the most expressive in the whole range of poetry: I bate that DRUM'S discordant sound, Parading round, and...round ; To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And hires from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glittering arms... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...by starts ; You may deride my awkward pace, But slow and steady wins the race." THE MISERIES OP WAR. I HATE that drum's discordant sound, Parading round,...yields, And lures from cities and from fields : To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans,... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Education, Preschool - 1837 - 222 pages
...parading round and round, Which to the thoughtless pleasure yields, And lures from arts or peaceful fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry...commands, To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands, Yes, we should hate the warlike sound, Parading round, and round, and round, Which talks to us of ravaged... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...glittering arms; And when Ambition's voice commands. To march, and fight, and fall, in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round and round and round; To me it talks of ravag'd plains, And burning towns and ruin'd swains. And mangled limbs and dying groans;... | |
 | Religion - 1837 - 1068 pages
...more nutritive aliment though presented in a homelier dish. Even the child who early learns to sing, I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round and round and round, will soon loathe the emptiness and inflation and circumvolutions of the discourse, which rings in his... | |
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I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round: To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widows' tears, and orphans' moans; And all that Misery's hand bestows. 
