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...DOMESDAY BOOK: HENRY BAKER, AT NEW YORK by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DREAM-PEDLARY by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE CREMATION OF SAM MCGEE by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE THIS COMPOST: 1. by WALT WHITMAN JOHN UNDERHILL by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER VILLANELLE, WITH STEVENSON'S ASSISTANCE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |