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...plies; He gains the deck! his pendant flies, Triumphant shouts ascend the skies, And rend the vaulted canopy. "The combat deepens ! on, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave," Columbia's rights upon the wave Huzza ! the tide of battle turns! Lo! every hero's bosom burns!—...

...which opened at Hohenlinden; and, strange to say, one verse actually haunted me day and night:— " Few, few shall part where many meet, The snow shall be their winding sheet; And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre." I am far from being a believer in presentiments, but this...

...great admirer of the Hohenlinden of the same poet, and used frequently to recite it; but instead of " Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave! And charge with all thy chivalry,"— fancying, no doubt, that the poet, from ignorance of military terms, had committed a blunder—he used...

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...the red artillery. Tis mom, but scarce yon lurid sun Can pierce the wai>clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank, and fiery Hun, Shout in their sulphurous...thy banners wave ! And charge with all thy chivalry ! Ah ! few shall part where many meet! The snow shall be their winding sheet, And every turf beneath...

...defiance, Yet rears her crest, unconquered and sublime, Above the far Atlantic !“ ¿Force of Emotion. 1. “On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! Wave,...thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry !“ 2. “Strike till the last armed foe expires, Strike for your altars and your fires, Strike for...

...II.—The language of emphasis inclines to the use of the falling inflection. 1. Imperative Mood. EXAMPLES. The combat deepens : On', ye brave, Who rush to glory...or the grave! Wave'', Munich, all thy banners wave y ! And charge'' with all thy chivalry. Did ye not hear it ?—No; 't was but the wind, Or the car...

...rolling rapidly. Tis morn;—but scarce yon level sun, Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous...shall be their winding sheet; And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre ! BOUQUET OF " SWEETS." BSRON. 'Tis sweet to hear The song...