...with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips— the fo« ! they come ! they com* l Last noon beheld them full of lusty life ! Last eve in beauty's circle...morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magni6cicntly stern array ! The thunder clouds close over it ; which when rent The earth is cover'd...

...with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips—the foe ! they come! they com* 1 L,ast noon beheld them full of lusty life! Last eve in beauty's circle...signal sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms—the day Battle's magnificicntly stern array ! The thunder clouds close over it; which when rent...

...full of lusty life, 245 Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, - the...The thunder-clouds close o'er it, which when rent 250 The earth is cover'd thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover, heap'd and pent, Rider...

...thoughts, as the lines from Byron's Childe Harold (3.28) attached to it indicate: Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, - the day Battle's magnificently-stern array!...

...valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. z8 Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms, — the day Battle's magnificently-stern...

...Harold printed against the number given to the oil in the RA exhibition catalogue: Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling of arms,—the day Battles magnificently-stern array!...