 tis the funeral trumpet's breath, Tis the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin. With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep and general din Pour their wild wailing. The song of praise is...  The curse of Kehama - Page 3by Robert Southey - 1812Full view - About this book
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1811 - 562 pages
...the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep...the funeral yell. But rising over all in one acclaim 1$ heard the echoed and re-echoed name, From all that countless rout : Arvalan ! Arvalan ! Arvalan... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1818 - 290 pages
...the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing ; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep...trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Tho* the trumpet's breath, and the dirge of death, Mingle and swell the funeral yell. But rising over... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1829 - 806 pages
...the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep...and swell the funeral yell. But rising over all in ouc acclaim Is heard the echoed and re-echoed name, From all that countless rout: Arralan! Arvalan!... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 400 pages
...the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing ; Ten thousand voices then join in. And with one deep and general din Pour their wild vailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid that deafening sound ; You hear no more the trumpet's tone.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pages
...the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing ; Ten thousand voices then join in. And with one deep...deafening sound : You hear no more the trumpet's tone, \ MI hear no more the mourner's moan, Though the trumpets breath, and the dirge of death, Mingle and... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing; Ten thousand voices then join in. And with one deep...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid the deafening sound; You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 464 pages
...the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep...their wild wailing. The song of praise is drown'd Amid ihat deafening sound; You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's moan, Though... | |
 | 1842 - 480 pages
...the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep...yell. But rising over all in one acclaim Is heard the echo'd and re-echo'd name, From all that countless rout: Arvalan ! Arvalan ! Arvalan ! Arvalan ! Ten... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 338 pages
...the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal the ear assailing : Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep...din Pour their wild wailing. The song of praise is drowned Amid the deafening sound : You hear no more the trumpet's tone, You hear no more the mourner's... | |
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