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" And chokes up with the glittering wrecks Of golden shrines the sacred waters ! Downward the Peri turns her gaze, And, through the war-field's bloody haze, Beholds a youthful warrior stand, Alone, beside his native river — The red blade broken in his... "
The Pocket magazine of classic and polite literature. [Continued as] The ... - Page 291
1819
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pages
...with the glittering wrecks Of golden shrines the sacred waters ! Downward the PERI turns her gaze, And, through the war-field's bloody haze Beholds a...Then sent his last remaining dart, For answer, to th' Invader's heart. False flew the shaft, though pointed well ; The Tyrant liv'd, the Hero fell !—...
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Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance

Thomas Moore - 1817 - 374 pages
...with the glitterin g wrecks Of golden shrines the sacred waters! Downward the PERI turns her gaze, And, through the war-field's bloody haze Beholds a...beside his native river,— The red blade broken in bis hand And the last arrow in his quiver. " Live," said the Conqueror, " live to share The trophies...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 pages
...with the glittering wrecks Of golden shrines the sacred waters ! Downward the PERI turns her gaze, And, through the war-field's bloody haze Beholds a...Then sent his last remaining dart, For answer, to th' Invader's heart. False flew the shaft, though pointed well ; The Tyrant liv'd, the Hero fell !—...
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...with the glittering wrecks Of golden shrines the sacred waters ! Downward the PEHI turns her gaze, And, through the war-field's bloody haze Beholds a...his quiver. " Live," said the Conqueror, " live to shure The trophies and the crowns I bear !" Silent that youthful warrior stood — Silent he pointed...
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Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore - 1818 - 422 pages
...collar set with jewels, and a covering edged with gold and pearls." — Universal History, vol. iii. The red blade broken in his hand And the last arrow...bear !" Silent that youthful warrior stood — Silent lie pointed to the flood All crimson with his country's blood, Then sent his last remaining dart, For...
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The Pocket Magazine of Classics and Polite Literature, Volume 3

1819 - 382 pages
...tO^*ni.\. SUBJECT OF THE PLATE, " LALLA ROOKH," A POEM, BY T. MOORE, ESQ. DOWNWARD the Peri turns her gaze, And through the war-field's bloody haze, Beholds a...to the flood, All crimson with his country's blood, Thou sent his last remaining dart, For answer, to the invader's heart. False flew the shaft, though...
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The Works of Thomas Moore: Lalla Rookh

Thomas Moore - 1823 - 422 pages
...with the glittering wrecks Of golden shrines the sacred waters ! Downward the PERI turns her gaze, And, through the war-field's bloody haze Beholds a...broken in his hand And the last arrow in his quiver. * Mafamood of Gazna, or Ghizni, who conquered India in the beginning of the eleventh century. — See...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - 1824 - 440 pages
...with the glittering wrecks Of golden shtines the sacred waters ! Downward the PERI turns her gaze; And, through the war-field's bloody haze, Beholds...blood, Then sent his last remaining dart For answer to th* invader's heart. False flew the shaft, though pointed well ; The Tyrant liv'd, the Hero fell !...
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The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq, Volume 1

Thomas Moore - 1825 - 326 pages
...golden shrines the sacred waters ! Downward the PERI turns her gaze, And, through the war-field's blody haze Beholds a youthful warrior stand, Alone, beside...And the last arrow in his quiver. " Live," said the Conquerer, " live to share "The trophies and the crowns I bear!" Silent that youthful warrior stood...
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The poetical works of Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore - 1827 - 426 pages
...broke from morning's eyes, Hung hovering o'er our world's expanse. Downward the Peri turns her gaze, Beholds a youthful warrior stand, Alone, beside his native river, — The red binde broken in his hand, And the lost arrow iu his quiver. But whither shall the Spirit go To (iud...
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