 | Tobias Smollett - 1816 - 674 pages
...knell ! * ** " Within a windowed nirhe of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear ; And when they smiled because he deem'd it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
 | 1816 - 274 pages
...opening roar ! Witfein a windowed niche of ihat high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic car ; Macpherjon, Printer, Russell Court, Covent Garden. And when they smiled because he deem'd it... | |
 | 1817 - 552 pages
...opening roar ! Within a windowed niche ofthat high hall .Bate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear ; And when they smiled because he deem'd it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1817 - 860 pages
...opening roar ! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with death's prophetic ear ; And when they smiled because he t'ecm'd it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1817 - 860 pages
...opening roar ! Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with death's prophetic ear ; And when they smiled because he derni'd it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...roar! XXIII. Within a windowed niche of that high hall S*te Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear; And when they smiled because he desm'd it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
 | John Edgecombe Daniel - 1820 - 532 pages
...opening roar ! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain — he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear ; And when they smiled because he deem'd it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...roar' XXIII. Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear ; And when they smiled because he dcem'd it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pages
...opening roar ! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sate Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did bear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear; And when they smiled because he deemed it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
 | William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 pages
...opening roar! Within a window'd niche of that high hall Sat Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with death's prophetic ear; And when they smiled because he deem'd it near, His heart more truly knew that peal too well Which... | |
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But hark that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm! arm! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar! 
