The Blood and breath

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Goodyear's Rubber Curler Company, 1876 - 95 страници

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Страница 38 - All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade ! Charge for the guns," he said : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade...
Страница 38 - Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade!" Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho...
Страница 39 - Then they rode back ; but not— Not the Six Hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them...
Страница 39 - Came thro' the jaws of Death, Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. When can their glory fade? Oh, the wild charge they made ! All the world wonder'd. Honor the charge they made! Honor the Light Brigade, Noble six hundred!
Страница 39 - Storm'd at with shot and shell Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd.' Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Страница 39 - Stormed at with shot and shell, While horse and hero fell, They that had fought so well Came through the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred. When can their glory fade ? O the wild charge they made ! All the world wondered.
Страница 83 - Trembling with horror stood Mrs. Byrde, . Unable to speak a single word ; She staggered and fell" in the nearest chair, On the left of the Junior Warden there, And scarcely noticed, so loud the groans, That the chair was made of human bones. Of human bones! on grinning skulls That ghastly throne of horror rolls, — Those skulls, the skulls that Morgan bore! Those bones, the bones that Morgan wore ! His scalp across the top was flung, His teeth around the arms were strung, — Never in all romance...
Страница 75 - Half yet remains, old boy," he cries, While pouring down the wine — " Hadst thou not play'd me such a trick, It would have all been thine ! " Hans Vogel speaketh in the tongue Of his good Fatherland — The Frenchman hears an alien sound And cannot understand, But he can taste the warm red wine And feel the kindly hand. See ! looking in Hans Vogel's face He stirs his grizzly head — Up, smiling, goes the grim moustache O'er cheeks as gray as lead — With one last glimmer of the eyes, He smiles,...
Страница 19 - The ascent of foul air to the top of the room dictates its exit in that direction, rather than low down at the mouth of the chimney. It is conceived by some that the carbonic acid of the breath, from its greater weight, must be chiefly at the bottom of the room ; but this is a mistake. The heated breath ascends instantly, because it is...
Страница 84 - Blood to drink," etc. , etc. Then came a pause — a pair of paws Reached through the floor, up-sliding doors, And grabbed the unhappy candidate! How can I without tears relate The lost and ruined Morey's fate ? She saw him sink in a fiery hole, She heard him scream, " My soul ! my soul !" While roars of fiendish laughter roll, And drown the yells of mercy ! " Blood to drink,

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