 No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And...  Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 296by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Babington baron Macaulay - 1856 - 210 pages
...his hack, Plunged headlong in the tide. xx. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either hank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. xxI. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain : And fast his blood was flowing... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank,...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain : And fast his blood was flowing ; And... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; 4 Etruscan for " mighty chief." And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...chosen my officer. He stood up and held out his hand. It is almost twelve years since they left England. And when above the surges They saw his crest appear,...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. At last with easy roads he came to Leicester. He is yonder, beneath the elm-tree. We saw him yesterday.... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back, Piunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain ; And fast his blood was flowing, And... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain; And fast his blood was flowing ; And... | |
 | Henry George John Clements - 1860 - 176 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow "Was heard from either bank;...when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Borne sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. The... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 pages
...timber had fallen, when, weighed down with armor as he was, he " plunged headlong in the tide." 11. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where lie sank : And when beneath the surges They saw his crest appear, All Homo sent forth a rapturous cry,... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parting lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his... | |
 | James Whiteside - 1862 - 100 pages
...sheathed The good sword by his side, And, with his harness on his back, Plunged headlong in the tide. No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank...the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer. But fiercely ran the current, Swollen high by months of rain: And fast his blood was flowing ; And... | |
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