| Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! 2. Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but the wind, Or...As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is — it is the cannon's opening roar! 3. Ah ! then... | |
| John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...And all went merry as a marriage-bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell ! Did ye not hear it ? — No ; 'twas but the wind,...if the clouds its echo would repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before ! Arm ! arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! * Johnson... | |
| William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 482 pages
...And all went merry as a marriage-bell — But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it ? — No : 'twas but the wind,...As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier, than before! Arm ! arm ! it is! — it is ! — the cannon's opening roar ! Within... | |
| C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...marriage-bell ; (kneii ! But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a nsntt Did ye not hear it T — No ; 'twas but the wind. Or the car, rattling o'er...the clouds — its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! [row! Arm! arm! it is— it is — the cannon's opening Ah! then and... | |
| William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...marriage-bell— But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell I Did ye not hear it 1 — No : 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er...if the clouds its echo would repeat ; And nearer, clearer, deadlier, than before! ^_ Arm! arm! it is! — it is! — the cannon's opening roar! Within... | |
| English literature - 1816 - 592 pages
...the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On witii the dance ! let joy be unconfiued j No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To...! — that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if tbe clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier thau before ! Armi arm! it i* — it... | |
| Frank E. Vandiver - Biography & Autobiography - 1977 - 654 pages
...again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell. But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! Did ye not hear it? — No; 'twas but the wind, Or...with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till mom, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet — But hark! — that... | |
| Elizabeth Aldrich - History - 1991 - 254 pages
...more as those who practiced it understood it. In other words, I have tried to keep the fish in water. On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep...Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet . . . Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III, st. 22 "Oh! my dear Mr. Rennet, " as she entered... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell! (1. 1-9) 6 en's King I hold. By thee, and more than half perhaps...ere long, and this new World, shall know." (Bk. IV, (1. 10-14) 7 He rushed into the field, and, foremost fighting, fell. (1. 27) 8 The earth is covered... | |
| Ross Greig Woodman - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 200 pages
...image of the "marriage-bell" are interrupted by the "deadlier" sound of "the cannon's opening roar": Did ye not hear it? - No; 'twas but the wind, Or the...street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined! ... But, hark! - that heavy sound breaks in once more ... (3.21-2) The "flying feet" of "Youth and... | |
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