 | Thomas Dyke (the younger.) - 1834 - 380 pages
...fine caf6s were brilliantly illuminated in various parts of the city. CHAPTER II. A VISIT TO WATERLOO. And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves. Dewy...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. BYRON. WE were seated at six o'clock in a voiture on the road to Waterloo. At this early hour... | |
 | Walter Scott - Chivalry - 1834 - 442 pages
...where he received his mortal wound, 14th October, 1806.] 1 [ '* The UTI return ing brave— alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now...shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Ofliving valour, rolling on the foe, And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. " Last... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1834 - 456 pages
...Jena, where he received his mortal wound, 14th October, 1806.] *\_ "The unretnrning brave — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall growIn its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the fop, And burning with... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1835 - 328 pages
...the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips—" The foe ! They come ! they come !" And Ardennes, waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! < Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall... | |
 | John Hoppus - 1836 - 770 pages
...near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ! • ••*••* And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall... | |
 | Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1836 - 226 pages
...citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips — " The foe ! they come ! they come !" . And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall... | |
 | Harp - English poetry - 1836 - 380 pages
...instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears! And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...Donald's (') fame rings in each clansman's xxvn. [leaves, And Ardennes (2) waves above them her green Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving,...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow... | |
 | John Hoppus - Europe - 1837 - 372 pages
...on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ! And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave,— alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...The stirring memory of a thousand years ; And Evan's, Donald's fame, rings in each clansman's ears ! And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...aught inanimate e'er grieves — Over the unreturning brave — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow... | |
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And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass... 
