ABRUPTLY paused the strife; -- the field throughout Resting upon his arms each warrior stood, Checked in the very act and deed of blood, With breath suspended, like a listening scout. O Silence! thou wert mother of a shout That through the texture of yon azure dome Cleaves its glad way, a cry of harvest home Uttered to Heaven in ecstasy devout! The barrier Rhine hath flashed, through battle-smoke, On men who gaze heart-smitten by the view, As if all Germany had felt the shock! -- Fly, wretched Gauls! ere they the charge renew Who have seen -- themselves now casting off the yoke -- The unconquerable Stream his course pursue. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORIAL DAY by WILLIAM E. BROOKS PENMAEN POOL by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS RETURN by KENNETH SLADE ALLING EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 31. 'TIS YIELDING GAINS THE LOVER VICTORY by PHILIP AYRES CALMNESS OF THE SUBLIME by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY QUATORZAINS: 3. RIVULETS by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE GOLDEN ODES OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA: IMR EL KAIS by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |