 The sun went down, nor ceased the carnage there. Tumultuous Murder shook the midnight air — On Prague's proud arch the fires of ruin glow, His blood-dyed waters murmuring far below; The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of...  The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems - Page 30by Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 131 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1799 - 618 pages
...prevails, the rampart yields a way, Burst*. the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the mouldering piles with thunder .fall, A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shook, — red meteors flashed along the sky, And conscious nature sHudder'd at the cry ! ' Oh ! righteous... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...with thunder fall, A thousand shrieks for hopdess mercy call ! Earth shook, — red meteors flashed along the sky, And conscious nature shudder'd at the cry ! * Oh ! righteous Heav'n ! 'ere freedom found a grave, Why slept the sword, omnipotent to save ? Where was thine arm,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1803 - 162 pages
...below;— The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay!— Hark! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall,...conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry! Oh! Righteous Heav'n! ere Freedom found a grave, Why slept the sword, omnipotent to save? Where was thine arm, O... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 pages
...;.... The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay !.... Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall,...A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shopk....red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh! righteous... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 144 pages
...;.... The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay !.... Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall,...A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shook.... red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh ! righteous... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1806 - 220 pages
...far below ; The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way. Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall, A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! 390 Earth shook — red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry!... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...below ; '' The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way " Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! " Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall, " A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call !'* The descent of the godBrama, to the aid of oppressed India, occasions the following splendid lines... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 168 pages
...far below ; The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wide cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall,...A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shook — red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh ! righteous... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1821 - 254 pages
...far helow i The storm prevails, the rampart yields a way, Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall, A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! 390 Earth shook — red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry!... | |
 | Isaac Wilkinson (of Cockermouth.) - 1824 - 132 pages
...throne. " Hope for a season, bade the world farewell, " And Freedom shriek'd when Don Riego fell; " Earth shook—red meteors flash'd along the sky, And conscious nature shudder'd at the cry! Like the green oak he flourish'd on the plains,— Ah! why this blow to shatter his remains ? But though... | |
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