 By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound ; Beneath its base are heroes...  Lazare Hoche - Page 139by François Paul Émile Boisnormand de Bonnechose - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Henry Martyn Field - History - 1851 - 392 pages
...buried in the same grave with General Marceau. The reader will recall the lines in Childe Harold — " By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is...verdant mound ; Beneath its base are heroes' ashes hid." "With his dying breath Hoche urged upon the Directory another expedition for the invasion of Ireland.... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - Ireland - 1851 - 388 pages
...grave with General Marceau. The reader will recall the lines in Childe Harold — " By Coblentz, tin a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple...verdant mound ; Beneath its base are heroes' ashes hid." With his dying breath Hoche urged upon the Directory another expedition for the invasion of Ireland.... | |
 | Christian von Stramburg - 1851 - 832 pages
...»on Gíptíbe £aroíb Sorb Styron bem gelben gefeçt: se. By Coblentí, on a rise of gentle granad, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning the summit of the verdant mound; Beneath itt base are heroes' ashes hid, Our enemy's — but let not that forbid Honour to Aíarceau Í o'er... | |
 | Julia Kavanagh - English fiction - 1851 - 440 pages
...* * Byron, who loved true heroism* has bestowed a noble eulogy on the memory of the heroic Marooau. By Coblentz, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small anil ilmplo pyramid, Crowning the summit of Ihn ver«lant mound ; Beneath Its bast are hvrutiT MQCI... | |
 | John Murray - Belgium - 1852 - 326 pages
...Jourdan, on the last day of the 4th year of the French republie." (Sept. 21, 1796.) " By Coblent7, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple...mound ; Beneath its base are heroes' ashes hid, Our enemy's — but let not that forbid Honour to Mareeau ! o'er whose early tomb Tears, big tears, gush'd... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), John Murray (publishers.) - 1852 - 662 pages
...on the last day of the 4th year of the French republic." (Sept. 21, 1796.) " By Coblentz, en a ri»e of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid,...mound ; Beneath its base are heroes' ashes hid, Our enemy's — but let not that forbid Honour to Marceau ! o'er whose early tomb Tears, big tears, gush'd... | |
 | David Bogue - Belgium - 1852 - 400 pages
...memory General Marceau, killed at Altenkirchen in 1796. Byron says — By Coblentz, on a gentle rise of ground, There is a small and simple pyramid, Crowning...mound : Beneath its base are heroes' ashes hid, Our enemy's— but let not that forbid Honour to Marceau ! o'er whose early tomb Tears, big tears, gush'd... | |
 | Thomas Baldwin - Geography - 1852 - 764 pages
...language, (see Int. XII., Obs. 2,) as well as to the native pronunciation. Byron is right, as usual— " By COBLENTZ, on a rise of gentle ground, There is a small and simple pyramid." ou, as in our ; th, as in thin ; TH, as in this; N, nearly like ng. t. of the Prussian states, cap.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...me во dear, Could *hy dear eyes in following mine Still .vi H. n more these banks of Rhine' LTI. were free to rovr. XXII. Through Calpe's straits survey...the sleepy shore ; Europe and Afric on each oilier enemy's — but let not that forbid Honour to Marceau! o'er whose early tomb Tears, big tears, gnsh'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...and to me so dear, Could thy dear eyes in following mine Still sweeten more these banks of Rhine I se are our realms, no limits to their sway — Our flag the sceptre all who meet obey. Ours th« enemy's — but let not that forbid Honor to Marceau ! o'er whose early tomb Tears, big tears, gush'd... | |
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