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" I hear the drums tumultuous sound the victor's shouts and dying groans confound ; the dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, and all the thunder of the battle rise. 'Twas then great Marlborough's mighty... "
Complete Works - Page 150
by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 196

1902 - 642 pages
...worth quoting, as a type of the best poetry in this kind. The battle of Blenheim has begun : ' But oh 1 my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle joined ? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...skies, She drew an angel down. 123 DESCRIPTION of a BATTLE, ILLUSTKATED 6Y A SUBLIME (ADDISON.) BUT O, my Muse ! what numbers wilt thou find To sing the...furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon...
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Dryden, Smith, Duke, King, Sprat, Halifax, Parnell, Garth, Rowe, Addison

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...fens nor floods ran stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands. But O, my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of rannon...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - 1819 - 550 pages
...Campaign, has fallen into an error of this kind, when about to describe the battle of Blenheim : But O ! my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd? Methinks, I hear the drums tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans confound ; &c. Introductions of this...
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Lectures on rhetoric &c

Hugh Blair - 1820 - 536 pages
...Campaign, has fallen into an error of this kind, when about to describe the battle of Blenheim : But O! my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ? Methinks, I hear the drums tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans confound; &c. Introductions of this kind,...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands. But O, ure's light ; Show'd erring Pride, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT ; That reason, passion, answer one g bear the drums tumultuous sound The victors* shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 3

John Aikin - 1821 - 346 pages
...fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands. But O, my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 298 pages
...nor floods can stop Britannia's bands, When her proud foe ranged on their borders stands. But, O ! my Muse, what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ! Methinks I hear the drums' tumultuous sound The victors' shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Hugh Blair - 1824 - 510 pages
...Campaign, has fallen into an error of this kind, when about to describe the battle of Blenheim. But ! O my muse ! what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd ? Methinks, 1 hear the drum's tumultuous sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans, confound ; &c. Introductions...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Hugh Blair - 1829 - 648 pages
...has fallen into an error of this kind, when about to describe the battle of Blenheim. » But O - ,v muse ! what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious...sound, The victor's shouts, and dying groans, confound : &c. Introductions of this kind, are a forced attempt in a writer, to spur up himself, and his reader,...
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