 | 1846 - 438 pages
...Regardless of the sleeping whirlwind's sway, That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey. " Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare ;...and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest.3 Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 759 pages
...is scarce so grateful to the ear." The conclusion of the evening offered nothing worthy of notice. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? GRAY. had been agreed, on account of the heat of the climate, that the judicial combat, which was... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1846 - 772 pages
...scarce so grateful to the e:\r." The conclusion of the evening offered nothing worthy of notice. • Heard ye the din of battle bray. Lance to lance, and horse to horse Î GRAY. had been agreed, on account of the heat of the climate, that the judicial combat, which was... | |
 | Margaret Mackay - 1847 - 440 pages
...hope to see it. I expect no reply, and here I desire to close this subject for ever." CHAPTER XXII. " Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course, And through the kindred squadrons mow their way." GRAY. LADY DE CLIFFORD was well... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening-prey. ' Fill high the sparkling bowl,t The rich repast prepare : Reft of a crown, he yet...upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray,'.f Lance to lance, and horse to horse ; Long years of havock urge their destin'd course, And... | |
 | 1849 - 540 pages
...consummated, and the dark, starless sky overhead looked down with its weird and melancholy face. CHAPTER II. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse. GRAY. It is well known that, after the defeat of Gates, Congress hastened to supersede that general,... | |
 | James Augustus Hessey - 1849 - 216 pages
...Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway. That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening-prey. " . Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare : Reft of a crown 7, he yet may share the feast : Close by the regal chair Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile... | |
 | M Joseph Denison - 1849 - 276 pages
...Wales . 247 The Wounded Conscript ..... 261 YERS DE SOCIETE, ETC. ETC. THE DEATH OF CLEOPATRA. " Fill high the sparkling bowl, " The rich repast prepare ; " 'Reft of a crown, they yet may share the feast." Gray. HCSH'D is the din of arms, and battle's roar, As the soft moon... | |
 | A. Cunningham - 1850 - 200 pages
...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his ey'ning prey. " Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare,...Lance to lance, and horse to horse ; Long years of havock urge their destin'd course, And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way. Ye tow'rs of Julius-... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...great idea. Alluding to the fate of Richard the Second, who was starved to death, Gray says : — " Close by the regal chair Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest." Our space will not allow us to analyse " The Women of the Nineteenth Century." It is the less necessary,... | |
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Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare ; Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast : Close by the regal chair Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and... 
