 | Dublin city, univ - 1878 - 498 pages
..."And whilst \ve thus should make our sorrows one, Thia happy harmony would make them none." (A). " The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms With shrill notes of anger And mortal alarms." (*). " Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...the signal made, Which roused the Grecians from their ambuscade. DRYUEN. The trumpet's loud clangour Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger, And mortal alarms. DRYDEN. Thousands there are, in darker fame that dwell, Whose names some nobler poem shall adorn; For,... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 pages
...passion cannot Music raise and quell ? 1 " He was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.'* The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms, With...drum Cries " Hark ! the foes come ; Charge, charge, ' tis too late to retreat ! " The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless... | |
 | English periodicals - 1924 - 978 pages
...Day resolves itself into a characterisation, not always just or happy, of various solo instruments : The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless lovers, Whose dirge is whispered by the warbling lute. Sharp violins proclaim Their jealous pangs and desperation, Fury, frantic... | |
 | John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 pages
...spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot music raise and quell! The trumpet's loud clangour Excites us to arms With shrill notes of anger And...drum Cries, ' Hark, the foes come ! Charge! charge! 'tis too late to retreat.' The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1881 - 468 pages
...the different classes of musical instruments is finely distinguished — " The trumpets' loud clamour Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger, And...drum, Cries, hark ! the foes come ; Charge, charge I 'tis too late to retreat. The soft complaining flute In dying notes discovers The woes of hopeless... | |
 | Ivan Fónagy - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1982 - 132 pages
...ripetizione dei monosillabi determina dissonanza a causa dell'inciampo prodotto dalle sillabe accentuate The double double double beat Of the thundering drum Cries Hark! the foes come; Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat! (John Dryden, A song for St. Cecilia's day) [II doppio doppio doppio battere... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...yet a young probationer, And candidate of Heaven. (1. 16-22) NAEL-I; OAEL-1; OBEV: PoEL-3; SeCV-2 26 A man of no fortune, and with a name to come. (1. 54-56) 7 Lie quiet (I. 33-36) JOHN DRYDEN (1631 -1700) AMD NAHUM TATE (1652-1715) Absalom and Achltophel, Ft. II 1 Railing... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot music raise and quell! The trumpet's loud clangor Excites us to arms With...The double double double beat Of the thundering drum 30 Cries "Hark, the foes come; Charge, charge, 'tis too late to retreat!" The soft complaining flute... | |
 | Derek Attridge - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 300 pages
...than as a moment of realistic engagement with the physical world: (11) The trumpet's loud clangour Excites us to arms, With shrill notes of anger, And mortal alarms . 4 The double double double beat Of the thundering drum Cries: "Hark! the foes come; Charge, charge,... | |
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Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly, and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell? 
