 ... o'er Darwin's rocky dales Till like volcanoes flared to heaven the stormy hills of Wales, Till twelve fair counties saw the blaze on Malvern's lonely height, Till streamed in crimson on the wind the Wrekin's crest of light, Till broad and fierce the...  Gems from The Victorian Anthology - Seite 31herausgegeben von - 1904 - 394 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1867 - 694 Seiten
...name suggestive of the times when, as Macaulay sings, " Skiddaw saw the fire that burn'd on Gauut's embattled pile, " And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle." There can be little doubt but these beacon fires were used at, as well as before and after the date... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1868 - 288 Seiten
...wind The Wrekin's crest of light, Till broad and fierce the star came forth On Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms O'er all the boundless...glare on Skiddaw roused The burghers of Carlisle. • * * • * THE CAVALIER'S MAKCH TO LONDON. THE CAVALIER'S MARCH TO LONDON. To horse ! to horse !... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1868 - 168 Seiten
...wind, the Wrekin's crest of light; Till, broad and fierce, the star came forth, on Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms, o'er all the boundless...glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. MACAULAY. THAT night in Plymouth harbour there were song, yo-ho and shout As to sea, against the shoreward... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1868 - 170 Seiten
...wind, the Wrekin's crest of light ; Till, broad and fierce, the star came forth, on Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms, o'er all the boundless...of Trent ; Till Skiddaw saw the fire that burned on Gaunt' s embattled pile, And the red glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. MACAVLAY. THAT... | |
 | Edward Clarke Lowe - 1868 - 186 Seiten
...Wrekin's crest of light ; Till, broad and fierce, the star came forth, on Ely's stately fanei And town and hamlet rose in arms, o'er all the boundless plain: Till Belvoir's lordly towers the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on, o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till... | |
 | Edward Thring - 1868 - 256 Seiten
...Till Be voir's lordly terraces the sign to Lincoln _\ And Lincoln sent, sped the message on ' [tbe wide vale [of Trent ; Till Skiddaw saw the fire ("that burned ("on fane. \_Gaunfs embattled pile. And the red glare Ton |_Skiddaw Attend, all ye who list to hear our... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 Seiten
...Wrekin's crest of light ; Till, broad and fierce, the star came forth, on Ely's stately fane, And town and hamlet rose in arms, o'er all the boundless plain ; Till Belvoir's lordly towers the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on, o'er the wide vale of Trent ; Till... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 Seiten
...Wrekin's crest of light. Till, broad and fierce, the star came forth, on Ely's stately fane, And town and hamlet rose in arms, o'er all the boundless plain : Till Belvoir's lordly towers the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on, o'er the wide vale of Trent; Till... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 328 Seiten
...Wrekin's crest of light ; Till, broad and fierce, the star came forth, on Ely's stately fane, And town and hamlet rose in arms, o'er all the boundless plain : Till Belvoir's lordly towers the sign to Lincoln sent, And Lincoln sped the message on, o'er the wide vale of Trent; Till... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 Seiten
...wind the Wrekin's crest of light ; Till broad and fierce the star came forth on Ely's stately fane, And tower and hamlet rose in arms o'er all the boundless...glare on Skiddaw roused the burghers of Carlisle. TO A MOUSE.— (Burns.) ON TURNING HER UP IN HER NEST WITH THE PLOUGH NOVEMBER, 1785. Wee, sleekit,... | |
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