Love Poems – Page 2779
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Battle Scene
From the Spanish by John Ormsby / From “The Cid” / THEN cried my Cid—“In charity, as to the rescue—ho!” … -
The Lord of Butrago
From the Spanish by John Gibson Lockhart / “YOUR horse is faint, my King, my Lord! your gallant horse is sick,— / His limbs are torn, his breast is gored, on his eye the film is thick; … -
Hakon’s Defiance
From the Danish by Sir Frank C. Lascelles / From “Hakon Jarl” / [Olaf Trygvesön from Ireland is trying to introduce Christianity, and reclaim his father’s kingdom, in Norway, and has invaded the realm of Earl Hakon, a formidable heathen usurper, who, after defeat in battle, unsuccessfully attempt… -
A Danish Barrow
On the East Devon Coast / LIE still, old Dane, below thy heap! / A sturdy-back and sturdy-limb, … -
Hermann and Thusnelda
Anonymous translation from the German / HA! there comes he, with sweat, with blood of Romans, / And dust of the fight all stained! Oh, never … -
The Battle-Song of Gustavus Adolphus
Anonymous translation from the German / FEAR not, O little flock! the foe / Who madly seeks your overthrow, … -
Sword Song
From the German by Charles Timothy Brooks / SWORD, on my left side gleaming, / What means thy bright eye’s beaming? … -
The Trooper’s Death
From the German by Rossiter W. Raymond / THE WEARY night is o’er at last! / We ride so still, we ride so fast! … -
Bingen on the Rhine
A Soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, / There was lack of woman’s nursing, there was dearth of woman’s tears; / But a comrade stood beside him, while his life-blood ebbed away, … -
Hohenlinden
[1800] / on Linden, when the sun was low, / All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, …
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