 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
...: — " 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, nothing to ask... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Indiana - 1872 - 382 pages
...BATTLE. [Battle of Blenheim, 1704: see p. 35, and also p 156.] 1 9. " 'Twas then great Marlb'roughV mighty soul was proved, That in the shock of charging hosts, unmoved, Amid confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...Poets. " But, О my Muse ! what numbers wilt t thou find To sing the furious troops in battle joined ? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's shouts and dying groaus confound; The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunders of the battle rise.... | |
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 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. 'T was then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 760 pages
...borders stands. But, 0 my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle joined! 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, 230 Amidst confusion,... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1875 - 468 pages
..."But, O my muse ! what numbers wilt thon find, To sing the furious troops in battle joined ? Methiuks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans confound ; " &c. § 280. When, therefore, an awe-inspiring object is presented in nature, a grand creation in... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - English poetry - 1876 - 840 pages
...sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums tumultuous sound, The victors' ge to food, Thou throwest me Into more sicknesses,...power cross-bias me, not making Thine own gift good, [prov'd. 'Twos then great Marlborough's mighty soul was That, in the shock of charging hosts unmov'd,... | |
 | English poetry - 1877 - 276 pages
...borders stands. But, 0 my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle joined ! Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victor's...the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. 'T was then great Marlbro's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst... | |
 | Edward Ellis Morris - Europe - 1877 - 284 pages
...passage: — 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 shouts and dying groans confound ; Th e dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. 'Twas then... | |
 | Edward Ellis Morris - Great Britain - 1878 - 286 pages
...passage: — 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,... | |
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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. 
