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" He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took ; And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe . And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat... "
Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ... - Page 375
by William Hazlitt - 1824 - 822 pages
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Progressive Exercises in Rhetorical Reading ...

Richard Greene Parker - 1857 - 152 pages
...hail! 554. [Read with high key.] But with a frown Revenge impatient rose. He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down ; and with a withering look,...anon he beat the doubling drum with furious heat: [Low key, very slowly.] and though sometimes, each dreary pause between, dejected Pity at his side,...
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The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith

Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 pages
...hair. And longer had she sung, but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose ; He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look,...sounds so full of woe ; And, ever and anon, he beat The double drum with furious heat : And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at...
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Class Book of Poetry: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1857 - 394 pages
...hair. And longer had she sung, but with a frown Revenge impatient rose; He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And, with a withering look,...sounds so full of woe; And ever and anon he beat The double drum with furious heat; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his...
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The pupil's manual of choice reading, arranged by T.B. Smith

Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...HOPE, enchanted, smiled, and waved her golden hair. And longer had she snng; — but, with a frown, REVENGE impatient rose : He threw his blood-stain'd...furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected PITT, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalter'd...
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...hair. And longer had she sung — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose. He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down ; And, with a withering look,...furious heat. And though, sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered...
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Osgood's Progressive Fifth Reader: Embracing a System of Instruction in the ...

Lucius Osgood - Elocution - 1858 - 494 pages
...but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose : He threw his blood-stain' d sword in thunder down; (J>8/4) And, with a withering look, The war-denouncing trumpet...anon he beat . The doubling drum with furious heat; though, sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied,'...
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The Standard Fifth Reader: (first-class Standard Reader) : for Public and ...

Epes Sargent - American literature - 1858 - 480 pages
...and waved her golden haVf. 8. And longer had she sung — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose. And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic...furious heat : And though, sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild, unaltered...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. And longer had she sung — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose ; He threw his blood-stain'd...furious heat; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity at his side Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unalterd...
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The Standard First[-fifth] Reader ...

Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...Revenge impatient rose. He threw his blood-stamed sword in thunder down ; And, with a withermg look, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic...furious heat : And though, sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild, unaltered...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair. And longer had she sung — but, with a frown, Revenge impatient rose ; He threw his blood-stain'd...dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe. of the music that accompanied them, having in themselves little more merit than that of an ordinary...
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