 THE BATTLE OF MONCONTOUR 1824 OH, weep for Moncontour ! Oh 1 weep for the hour When the children of darkness and evil had power, When the horsemen of Valois triumphantly trod On the bosoms that bled for their rights and their God. Oh, weep for Moncontour...  Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London - Page 461by Huguenot Society of London - 1914Full view - About this book
 | 1824 - 488 pages
...When the horsemen of Valois triumphantly trod On the bosoms that hied for their rights and their God. Oh ! weep for Moncontour. Oh ! weep for the slain...bear The renegade's shame, or the exile's despair. One look, one last look, to the cots and the towers, . To the rows of our vines, and the heds of our... | |
 | 1840 - 818 pages
...When the horsemen of Valois triumphantly trod On the bosoms that bled for their rights and their God. Oh! weep for Moncontour. Oh weep for the slain Who...living, who linger to bear The renegade's shame, or tho exile's despair. One look, one last look, to the cots and the towers, To the rows of our vines,... | |
 | 1852 - 590 pages
...On the heroes that bled for their rights and their God. Oh, weep for the martyrs ! Oh, weep forthe slain, Who for faith and for freedom lay slaughtered in vain ; Oh, weep for the living, who lingered to hear The renegade's shame, or the exile's despair." The tears of sympathy will begin to... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...When the horsemen of Valois triumphantly trod On the bosoms that bled for their rights and their God. Oh ! weep for Moncontour ! Oh weep for the slain,...the living who linger to bear The renegade's shame, and the exile's despair. One look, one last look, to the cots and the towers, To the rows of our vines,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...When the horsemen of Valois Triumphantly trod On the bosoms that bled For their rights and their God. Oh ! weep for Moncontour. Oh weep for the slain Who for faith and for freedom Lay slaughter'd in vain. Oh ! weep for the living, Who linger to bear The renegade's shame, Or the exile's... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...When the horsemen of Valois Triumphantly trod On the bosoms that bled For their rights and their God. Oh ! weep for Moncontour. Oh weep for the slain Who for faith and for freedom Lay slaughter'd in vain. Oh ! weep for the living, Who linger to bear The renegade's shame, Or the exile's... | |
 | Alexander Leitch - 1852 - 350 pages
...triumphantly trod On the heroes that bled for their rights and their God. Oh, weep for the martyrs ; oh, weep for the slain, Who for faith and for freedom...slaughtered in vain. Oh, weep for the living, who lingered to bear The renegade's shame, or the exile's despair." The tears of sympathy will begin to... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...triumphantly trod On the bosoms that bled for their rights and their God. O weep for Moncontour ! O weep for the slain ! Who for faith and for freedom lay slaughtered in vain ; O weep for the living, who linger to bear The renegade's shame, or the exile's despair ! One look,... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...When the horsemen of Valois triumphantly trod On the bosoms that bled for their rights and their God. Oh, weep for Moncontour ! Oh, weep for the slain,...the living who linger to bear The renegade's shame, and the exile's despair. One look, one last look, to the cots and the towers, To the rows of our vines,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 458 pages
...When the horsemen of Valois triumphantly trod On the bosoms that bled for their rights and their God. Oh, weep for Moncontour! Oh ! weep for the slain,...bear The renegade's shame, or the exile's despair. One look, one last look, to our cots and our towers, To the rows of our vines, and the beds of our... | |
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