 | International peace society - 232 σελίδες
...endless groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own. The tumult of each sacked and burning village; The shout that every prayer for morcy drowns; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns;... | |
 | 1869 - 406 σελίδες
...dead. To him must be assigned " the infinite fierce chorus, The cries of agony, the endless groan, The tumult of each sacked and burning village, The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns, The soldier's revels in the midst of carnage, The wail of famine in beleagered towns. The bursting shell,... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 σελίδες
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests, upon their teocallis, Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. 5 The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 10 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason... | |
 | 1873 - 398 σελίδες
...battle-bell with dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and...revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleagured towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing... | |
 | Presbyterian Church of England - 1857
...with dreadful din, And Aztec priests, upon the teocallis, Beat the wild war-drums, made of ser pent' s skin. The tumult of each sacked and burning village,...The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns, The soldier's revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. The bursting shell,... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 σελίδες
...And ready mounted are they to spit forth Their iron indignation 'gainst your walls. — Shakspere. The tumult of each sacked and burning village, The...beleaguered towns; The bursting shell, the gateway wrench'd asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder,... | |
 | Elizabeth Nicholson - 1853 - 412 σελίδες
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drum made of serpent's skin. 338 f The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleagured towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing... | |
 | 1853 - 442 σελίδες
...dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drum made of serpent's skin. 33d The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The...revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleagured towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing... | |
 | 1854 - 420 σελίδες
...priests upon their teocallls Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin; The tumult of each sack'd and burning village ; The shout that every prayer...The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage; The wall of famine in beleaguer'd towus ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 σελίδες
...battle-bell with dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their tcocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin; The tumult of each sacked and burning...beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asundor, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason... | |
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I hear the Florentine, who from his palace Wheels out his battle-bell with dreadful din, And Aztec priests upon their teocallis 19 Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin ; The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The shout that every prayer... 
