Ontario Readers Third Book, The

<h2><SPAN name="Hohenlinden" id="Hohenlinden"></SPAN>HOHENLINDEN</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>On Linden, when the sun was low,<br/></span> <span>All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow,<br/></span> <span>And dark as winter was the flow<br/></span> <span class="i1">Of Iser, rolling rapidly.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>But Linden saw another sight,<br/></span> <span>When the drum beat, at dead of night,<br/></span> <span>Commanding fires of death to light<br/></span> <span class="i1">The darkness of her scenery.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>By torch and trumpet fast arrayed<br/></span> <span>Each horseman drew his battle-blade,<br/></span> <span>And furious every charger neighed,<br/></span> <span class="i1">To join the dreadful revelry.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Then shook the hills with thunder riven,<br/></span> <span>Then rushed the steed to battle driven,<br/></span> <span>And louder than the bolts of heaven,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Far flashed the red artillery.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>But redder yet that light shall glow<br/></span> <span>On Linden's hills of stain&egrave;d snow,<br/></span> <span>And bloodier yet the torrent flow<br/></span> <span class="i1">Of Iser, rolling rapidly.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>'Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun<br/></span> <span>Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun,<br/></span> <span>Where furious Frank, and fiery Hun,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Shout in their sulph'rous canopy.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>The combat deepens. On, ye brave,<br/></span> <span>Who rush to glory, or the grave!<br/></span> <span>Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And charge with all thy chivalry!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>Few, few, shall part where many meet!<br/></span> <span>The snow shall be their winding-sheet,<br/></span> <span>And every turf beneath their feet<br/></span> <span class="i1">Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Thomas Campbell</span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />