 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 Seiten
...their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace, and glittering arms ; And when Ambition's voice commande, is stranger still. Of man's miraculous mistakes, this bears The p discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning... | |
 | 1857 - 470 Seiten
...from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glittering arms ; And when ambition's voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands. Says another writer in reference to this subject: "Ancient authors tell us that all the laws and exhortations... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1858 - 608 Seiten
...from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace, and glittering arms ; And when ambition's voice commands, To march, and...fight, and fall in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round: To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 Seiten
...from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace, and glittering arms ; And when Ambition's voice commands, To march, and...fight, and fall in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round ; To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning... | |
 | Thomas Greenbury - 1860 - 154 Seiten
...lures from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glittering arms, And when ambition's voice commands To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands. T hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading ronud, and round, and round ; To me it talks of ravaged... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 Seiten
...from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms - . Of tawdry lace, and glittering arms; And when ambition's voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall, in foreign lands. 2 I hate that drum's discordant sound, .. ! Parading round, and round, and round: To me it talks of... | |
 | Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 Seiten
...from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glittering arms ; And when Ambition's voice commands, To march, and...fight, and fall, in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round and round and round ; To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 Seiten
...from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace, and glitt'ring arms ; t stands before me now ! " The fearful Boy look'd up and saw discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 Seiten
...from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glittering arms ; And when Ambition's voice commands, To march, and...fight, and fall in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round and round and round ; To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...lures from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glitt'ring arms, And, when ambition's voice commands, To march, and...fight, and fall in foreign lands. I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning... | |
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I HATE that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And lures from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glittering arms ; And when Ambition's voice... 
