 | 1842 - 612 oldal
...dreadful groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...terror, — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and sports, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. Down the... | |
 | International peace society - 232 oldal
...wrench'd asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of tbuuder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O man ! with...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownost Nature's sweet arid kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Were half the power... | |
 | 1869 - 406 oldal
...prayer for mercy drowns, The soldier's revels in the midst of carnage, The wail of famine in beleagered towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade." Far be it from me to rejoice in hie downfall, or to withhold the slightest commiseration from him in... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 oldal
...pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 10 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever...discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half... | |
 | 1844 - 784 oldal
...every prayer for mercy drowns; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway...of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, oh man, with such discordant noise?, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drown est Nature's... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 oldal
...pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 10 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade; And ever...of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, 0 man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 oldal
...every prayer for mercy drowns ; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway...half the power, that fills the world with terror, 9 Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There... | |
 | 1846 - 302 oldal
...every prayer for mercy drowns ; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drowneet Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power,... | |
 | 1846 - 308 oldal
...every prayer for mercy drowns ; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway...of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, 0 in •.», with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...every prayer for mercy drowns, The soldier's revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. The bursting shell, the gateway...in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. It is, O man, with such discordant noises — With such accursed instruments as these — Thou drownest... | |
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The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns ; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry,... 
