The Canadian Elocutionist by Anna Kelsey Howard
page 39 of 532 (07%)
page 39 of 532 (07%)
![]() | ![]() |
|
|
_Coleridge._ 2. The hoarse, rough voice, should like a torrent roar. 3. Hurrah! the foes are moving. Hark to the mingled din Of fife, and steed, and trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. The fiery duke is pricking fast across Saint Andre's plain, With all the hireling chivalry of Guelders and Almayne. Now by the lips of those ye love, fair gentlemen of France, Charge for the golden lilies--upon them with the lance! A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest, And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre. _Macaulay_. 4. "Up drawbridge, grooms!--What, warder, ho! Let the portcullis fall."-- Lord Marmion turned,--well was his need!-- And dashed the rowels in his steed, Like arrow through the archway sprung; |
|


