Cours de Versions Anglaises Ou Recueil Choisi D'Anecdotes Classiques, Traits Historiques, Extraits Divers Anciens Et Modernes En Prose (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1848. Excerpt: ... As th' invincible chief on his milk-white (') steed Vanwards () gallop'd their host to lead. Sword, sabre, and lance. of thy chivalry, France, And the helmet of brass, and the steel cuirass, Flash'd (3) in the sun as I saw them pass; While day by day, in sublime array, The glorious pageant roll'd away Where are ye now, ye myriads? Hark 0 God 1 not a sound: they are stretch'd on the ground Silent and cold, and stiff and stark (): On their ghastly (5) faces the snows still fall, And one winding-sheet (6) enwraps them all. The horse and his rider (7) are both o'erthrown: --Soldier and beast--form a common feast For the wolf and the bear; when day is flown (8), Their teeth gleam white in the pale moonlight As with crash (9) of bones they startle the night. Oh whither are fled those echoes dread? As the host hurraed (to), and the chargers neigh'd, And the cannon roar'd, and the trumpets bray'd. (') Milk-white, Wane comme dulait. () Vanwards, en avant, vers le devant. () To flash, briller, reluire, dtinceler. (4) gtark, raide mart, peu usite. (") Ghastly, cadavdreux, hideux. (6) Winding-sheet, linceul, drap qui entortille. C1) Rider, cavalier; da to ride, monter a chevat. (8) Flown, parti, envoU; de to fly, voter. I) Crash, bruit que I'on fait en dcrasant quelque chose. ('0) To hurra. pousser des en's. THE WIDOW OF THE GRAND ARMY. 317 Stifled is all this living breath, And hush'd they lie in the sleep of death. They come they come the barbarian horde Thy foes advance, oh beautiful France, To ravage thy valleys with fire and sword; Calmuc and Moscovite follow the track Of the Tartar fierce, and the wild Cossack. All Germany darkens ('), the rolling tide (), Sclavonian dun (3), Croat, Prussian, Hun, With the traitorous Belgian bands allied, While the Spaniard ...