 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 pages
...trumpets ; some are sweet as children's talk ; others rich as a mother's answering back. 2. A DRUM. The double, double, double beat Of the thundering...foes come : Charge, charge! 'tis too late to retreat. 3. WAR AND PEACE. The bra/.en throat of war had ceased to roar, All now was turned to jollity and game.... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 418 pages
...trumpets ; some are sweet as children's talk ; others rich as a mother's answering back. 2. A DRUM. The double, double, double beat Of the thundering drum Cries, Hark ! the foes come : Charge, charge ! 't is too late to retreat. 3. WAR AND PEACE. The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar, All now... | |
 | John Dryden - 1874 - 740 pages
...passion cannot Music raise and quell ? 3 The trumpet's loud clangour Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger, And mortal alarms. The double double...come ; Charge, charge ! 'tis too late to retreat. 4 The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless lovers, Whose dirge is whisper'd... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...What passion cannot music raise and quell? The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms. With shrill notes of anger And mortal alarms. The double double...drum Cries, " Hark ! the foes come ; Charge, charge, 't is too late to retreat ! " The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 840 pages
...What passion cannot music raise and quell ? The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms, With shrill too retreat. The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless lovers, Whose... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...What passion cannot Music raise and quell ? The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger, And mortal alarms. The double double...drum Cries, Hark ! the foes come ; Charge, charge, 't is too late to retreat ! The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 pages
...all such as handle the harp and organ.'* The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger And mortal alarms. The double double...foes come ; Charge, charge, ' tis too late to retreat ! " The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless lovers Whose dirge is... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 528 pages
...What passion cannot Music raise and quell? The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms With shrill notes of anger And mortal alarms. The double double...foes come ; Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat. The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless lovers, Whose dirge is whispered... | |
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1880 - 408 pages
...What passion cannot Music raise and quell ? The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger And mortal alarms, The double double...drum Cries, " Hark! the foes come; Charge, charge, 't is too late to retreat I " The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...That passion cannot Music raise and quell ? The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms, With shrill pread High ; liarge, charge, Ч is too late to retreat ! The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The... | |
| |
Excites us to arms With shrill notes of anger And mortal alarms. The double double double beat Of the thundering drum Cries, hark ! the foes come ; Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat. 
