Songs of a WandererG. E. Desbarats, 1867 - 289 pages |
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amid art thou battle beaming beauty behold beneath blest bosom brave breast breath bright brow canoe cast Chieftain claymore clouds cold dark dead dear death deep despair dream dreary drest earth eyes fair fate fear feel forest glen Forever FUNERAL SONG gaze gentle glance gleam glide gloom glory glow GOZO grief happy hath heard Hiamorah hidden lore hill hope isle land light live lonely look loud Malta Meetah mighty Montcalm mountain ne'er neath never night o'er Ontario pain Paleface passing pensive proud roam scene shade shadows shed shore sigh silent sing skies smile song sorrow soul spirit stood strange stream sweet tears tempest thee thine things thou art Thou wert thought thro thy heart tide toil Twas unto Valletta voice wander wave weary ween weep whip-poor-will wigwam wild wildly wilt wind wings wrapt youth
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Page vi - The French had three little pieces of artillery ; the English, one or two. The two armies cannonaded each other for nearly an hour ; when Montcalm, having summoned...
Page vi - Amherst's regiment, and afterward a part of the royal Americans, who formed on the left with a double front. Waiting no longer for more troops, Montcalm led the French army impetuously to the attack. The ill-disciplined companies broke by their precipitation and the unevenness of the ground, and fired by platoons, without...
Page vi - they have at last got to the weak side of this miserable garrison ; we must give battle and crush them before mid-day." And, before ten, the two armies, equal in numbers, each being composed of less than five thousand men, were ranged in presence of one another for battle. The English, not easily accessible from intervening shallow ravines and rail-fences, were all regulars, perfect in discipline, terrible in their fearless enthusiasm, thrilling with pride at their morning's success, commanded by...
Page 90 - And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear, Till death like sleep might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Page viii - ... for illustrious deeds ; his victory, one of the most momentous in the annals of mankind, gave to the English tongue and the institutions of the Germanic race the unexplored and seemingly infinite west and north. He crowded into a few hours actions that would have given lustre to length of life ; and filling his day with greatness, completed it before its noon.
Page vi - Waiting no longer for more troops, Montcalm led the French army impetuously to the attack. The ill-disciplined companies broke by their precipitation and the unevenness of the ground ; and fired by platoons, without unity. The English, especially the forty-third and forty-seventh, where Monckton stood, received the shock with calmness ; and after having, at Wolfe's command, reserved their fire till their enemy was within forty yards, their line began a regular, rapid, and exact discharge of musketry.
Page vi - When Townshend's division disembarked, the English had already gained one of the roads to Quebec, and, advancing in front of the forest, Wolfe stood at daybreak with his invincible battalions on the Plains of Abraham, the battlefield of empire. "It can be but a small party, come to burn a few houses and retire," said Montcalm, in amazement as the news reached him in his intrenchments the other side of the St.
Page vi - And before ten the two armies, equal in numbers, each being composed of less than five thousand men, were ranged in presence of one another for battle. The English, not easily accessible from intervening shallow ravines and rail fences, were all regulars, perfect in discipline, terrible in their fearless enthusiasm, thrilling with pride at their morning's success, commanded by a man whom they obeyed with confidence and love. The doomed and devoted Montcalm had what Wolfe had called but 'five weak...
Page vi - Vaudreuil, who had fifteen hundred men at the camp, to come up before he should be driven from the ground, endeavored to flank the British and crowd them down the high bank of the river. Wolfe counteracted the movement by detaching...
Page viii - Night, silence, the rushing tide, veteran discipline, the sure inspiration of genius, all had been his allies. High above the ocean river, his battlefield was the grandest stage for the performance of illustrious deeds. His victory, one of the most momentous in the annals of mankind, gave to the English tongue and the institutions of the Germanic race unexplored and seemingly infinite regions west and north. Into a few hours...