 The war, that for a space did fail, Now trebly thundering swelled the gale, And ' Stanley ! ' was the cry. A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye ; With dying hand above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted '...  The Border Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly - Page 220edited by - 1911Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1808 - 526 pages
...the cry; — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted...Charge, Chester, charge! On, Stanley, on!",... Were the last words of Marmion. XXXIV. By this, though deep the evening fell, ,,-. \\ Still rose the battle's... | |
 | 1808 - 416 pages
...the cry ; — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted...Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on !' Were the last words of Marmion." P. 366. No painter, worthy of the name, can- read that description, and sleep... | |
 | 1808 - 596 pages
...visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the. fragnjent of his blade, And shouted '< Victory ! — " Charge,...Chester, charge ) On, Stanley, on !"• — Were the last words of Marjnion.' pp. 365, 366. We have not room for another quotation, and scarcely for another... | |
 | Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson - 1808 - 702 pages
...last, like a brave fellow, without any flinching or twitching of conscience. With dying hand above his head, He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted " victory." which, with the rest of his last words, though we must allow it t» be excellent poetry, contains but... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...the cry;— A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted...Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on !". . . . Were the last words of Marmion." p. 366. The lady is now hurried away by the priest ; and the close of the day... | |
 | Enos Bronson - 1809 - 494 pages
...the cry; — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted...Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on !". . . . Were the last words of Marmion." p. 366. The lady is now hurried away by the priest ; and the close of the day... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...the cry ; — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted...Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on !" . . . Were the last words of Marmion. CANTO vi. THE BATTLE. 367 XXXIII. By !*MS, though deep the evening fell, Still... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - 1815 - 340 pages
...the cry; — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fired his glazing eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted...Charge, Chester, charge ! On, Stanley, on ."' Were the last words of Marmion. Ode to Buonaparte, by LORD BYKON, I. 'TIS done — but yesterday a King ! And... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...the cry. AIR. A light on Marmion's visage spread, And fir'd his glaring eye ; With dying hand above his head, He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted victory ! TALK NOT OF LOVE. TALE not of love, it gives me pain, For love has been my foe; He bound me with... | |
 | Thomas Christopher Banks - 1817 - 254 pages
...the cry, — A light on Marmion's visage spread, And firM his glaring eye : With dying hand, above his head He shook the fragment of his blade, And shouted..."Charge, Chester, charge! on, Stanley, on!" Were the last words of Marmion. As the Ballad of " The Hermit of WarkworfA" has been alluded to, with reference... | |
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