 Quench'd in the unnatural light which might out-stare Even the broad eye of day ; And thou from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of heaven...  The Quarterly Review - Page 45edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Stephen W. Clark - 1855 - 258 pages
...pathway dim Along the passing billows' brim." — Hesperian. " For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...Behold the fragrant smoke in many a fold Ascending flouts along the fiery sky, And hangeth visible on high, A dark, and waving canopy ! " — Soutbey.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 338 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon ! an ineffectual ray : For, lo! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy! 3. Hark! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 352 pages
...thy celestial way • Pourest, O Moon ! an ineffectual ray : For, lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy! m- aHark ! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death ! At once ten thousand drums... | |
 | 1868 - 598 pages
...age and infancy, All, all abroad to gaze ; House top and balcony, Clustered with lights. Behold the smoke in many a fold Ascending, floats along the fiery...hangeth, visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. SoiMey. The scene of most conspicuous splendour was, of course, the GOVERNMENT HOUSE, the northern... | |
 | 1868 - 576 pages
...age and infancy, All, all abroad to gaze ; House top and balcony, Clustered with lights. Behold the smoke in many a fold Ascending, floats along the fiery...hangeth, visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. Sou they. The scene of most conspicuous splendour was, of coxirse, the GOVERNMENT HOUSE, the northern... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1870 - 488 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of heaven With one portentous glare. Behold die fragrant smoke in many a foldv Ascending floats along the fiery sky, And hangeth visible on high,... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1873 - 552 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon, an ineffectual ray ! * For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...thousand drums begin, With one long thunder-peal the air assailing ; Ten thousand voices then join in, And with one deep and general -din Pour their wild... | |
 | English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...flame and flare Upon the midnight air, VANQU Blotting the lights of heaven With one portentous glare. H Behold the fragrant smoke in many a fold Ascending, floats along the fiery sky, X h And hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. g z H "THE LIGHT OF FAITH HATH RIS Hark... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 274 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O moon, an ineffectual ray ! For lo ! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...a fold Ascending, floats along the fiery sky, And hangcth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy. Hark ! 't is the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'T is... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 618 pages
...from thy celestial way Pourest, O Moon ! an ineffectual ray: For, lo! ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the lights of...hangeth visible on high, A dark and waving canopy! 8. Hark! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath ! 'Tis the dirge of death! At once ten thousand drums begin,... | |
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