 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
 | Christmas - 1852 - 236 pages
...a universal peace through sea and land. No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around : 09 The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked...still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord was by. But peaceful was the night, Wherein the Prince of Light His reign of peace upon... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...dividing ; ' And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes an universal peace through sea and land ep the massy mound That runs around the hill ; the...in ancient barbarous times, When disunited Britai Jnstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng : And kings sat still with... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 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 sat still... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 350 pages
...harbinger, And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. Iv. Nor 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... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...the prevalence of peace throughout the world at our Lord's nativity is alluded to. " No war or battle sound, Was heard the world around : The idle spear...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... | |
 | Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright - 1853 - 392 pages
...warrior, with confused noise and garments rolled in blood," until the Saviour's Advent. Then, indeed, " No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around...still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord was by." But this was a brief calm. The elements of contention, awed and lulled for... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...dividing ; And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes an universal peace through sea and land. IV. 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...dividing ; And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes an universal peace through sea and land. IV. 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... | |
 | Harold Mattingly - 1966 - 168 pages
...preparation for the Gospel. "No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around; . . . And kings sate still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by." In this new world, what was to be the prevailing attitude towards peace and war? That it would show... | |
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