...dreadful groan, Which, through the ages that have gone before us, In long reverberations reach our own. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...Were half the power that fills the world with terror, — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and sports, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There...

...wrench'd asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of tbuuder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, O man ! with...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownost Nature's sweet arid kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Were half the power...

...pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ! The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, 10 The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever...discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half...

...the cannonade. Is it, 0 man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, 20 There were no need...

...swift keys ! What loud lament and dismal Miserere Will mingle with their awful symphonies ! I hoar even now the infinite fierce chorus, The cries of...noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drowneet Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power,...

...blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Is it, 0 in •.», with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments...Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarreHt the celestial harmonies '. Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half...

...to earth, ao many blinding, deafening sights and sounds to keep the eyes aiul thoughts from heaven! Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these Thou drowncdi nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jurat the celestial harmonies !• Bat look at the various...

...for mercy drowns ; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage ; The wail of famine in beleagured towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder,...half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, (riven to redeem the human mind from error, There...

...musketry, the clashing blade, And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. It is, O man, with such discordant noises — With such accursed...Were half the power that fills the world with terror — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts — Given to redeem the human mind from Error,...

...of San Juan de Ulloa, I could not but think of Longfellow's beautiful and truthful lines. ' Is it, 0 man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed...Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There...