 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 420 pages
...find To sing the furious troops in battel join'd ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound 275 The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The...cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battel rise. 'Twas then great MARLBRO'S mighty soul was prov'd, That, in the shock of charging hosts... | |
 | William John Courthope - English poetry - 1905 - 502 pages
...sing the furious troops in battle joined ? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound ; The dreadful burst...the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. Generalised descriptions such as the above and otiose epithets, such as " gay gilded scenes," " the... | |
 | English literature - 1906 - 578 pages
...these: — "But, O my Muse! what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's...all the thunder of the battle rise. Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 410 pages
...find To sing the furious troops in battle joined ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound 275 The victor's shouts and dying groans confound. The...all the thunder of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, 280 Amidst confusion,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1906 - 192 pages
...sing the furious troops in battle join'd ? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victors' shouts and dying groans confound ; The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise. 'Twos then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 414 pages
...burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, 280 Amidst confusion, .horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...find To sing the furious troops in battle joined ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound 275 The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The...proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, 280 Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war; In peaceful thought... | |
 | Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 528 pages
...find To sing the furious troops in battle joined ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound 275 The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The...proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, 280 Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war; In peaceful thought... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 654 pages
...MARLBOROUGH But, О my muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle \o« Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's...the thunder of the battle rise ! 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved. That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...muse, what numbers wilt thou To sing the furious troops in battle joined ! Methinks I hear the dram's tumultuous sound The victor's shouts and dying groans...the thunder of the battle rise ! 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved. That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion,... | |
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Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's shouts and dying groans confound ; The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. 
