 No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely...  Development of English Literature and Language - Page 476by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1835 - 364 pages
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 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 pages
...show And, on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw. No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around...still with awful eye, • As if they surely knew their sov'reign Lord was by. But peaceful was the night, Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 400 pages
...clouds dividing; And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around...shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sate still with... | |
 | 1837 - 898 pages
...the sweet with the solemn— so congenial arc all religious moods — awoke by light from heaven, " No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around...hung, The hooked chariot stood, Unstained with hostile bloud, The trumpet spoke not to the armed throng, And kings stood still with awful eye, As if they... | |
 | Twenty essays - 1838 - 212 pages
...No war or battle's sonnd Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high np hong ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood;...still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovereign lord was by." MILTON. ' Since life and immortality have been brought to light by the Gospel,... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...dividing ; 50 And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. IV. No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung, 55 The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood, The trumpet spake not to the armed throng,... | |
 | Phillips Brooks - 1838 - 394 pages
...throughout the world, and that the Temple of War was shut. This is what Milton sings so splendidly : — " No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around, The idle spear mid shield were high up hung; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood, The trumpet spake... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...dividing- ; so And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. IV. No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung, 55 The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood, The trumpet spake not to the armed throng,... | |
 | 1847 - 720 pages
...heard the world around; fhung; The idle spear and shield were high up The hooked chariot stood retained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the...still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord was by. The nations of the earth were now by conquest brought into closer contact, and... | |
 | 1840 - 528 pages
...counted them at break of day — And when the sun set where were they? — BYRON. Into LATIN ALCAICS : No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around...shield were high up hung, The hooked chariot stood, Unstain'd with hostile blood, The trumpet spake not to the armed throng, And kings sat still with awful... | |
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