. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. La Haye, bear witness ! sacred is it hight, And sacred is it truly from that day ;For never braver blood was spent in fight Than Britain here hath mingled with the where thou wilt thy foot, thou scarce canst treadHere on a spot unhallowd by the dead. Here was it that the Highlanders withstoodThe tide of hostile power, receivd its weight With resolute strength, and stemmd and turnd the flood ;And fitly here, as in that Grecian strait, The funeral stone might say, Go, traveller, tell Scotland, that in our duty here we f
. The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations. La Haye, bear witness ! sacred is it hight, And sacred is it truly from that day ;For never braver blood was spent in fight Than Britain here hath mingled with the where thou wilt thy foot, thou scarce canst treadHere on a spot unhallowd by the dead. Here was it that the Highlanders withstoodThe tide of hostile power, receivd its weight With resolute strength, and stemmd and turnd the flood ;And fitly here, as in that Grecian strait, The funeral stone might say, Go, traveller, tell Scotland, that in our duty here we fell. Still eastward from this point thy way pursue. There grows a single hedge along the lane,—No other is there far or near in view: The raging enemy essayd in vainTo pass that line, — a braver foe withstood,And this whole ground was moistend with their blood. WATERLOO. 41. VIEW OF DA HAYE SMOTE Leading his gallant men as he was wont, The hot assailants onset to repel,Advancing hat in hand, here in the front Of battle and of danger, Picton fell;Lamented Chief! than whom no braver nameHis countrys annals shall consign to fame. # * * * Hence to the high-walld house of Papelot,The battles boundary on the left, incline;Here thou seest Frischermont not far remote, From whence, like ministers of wrath divine,The Prussians issuing on the yielding foe,Consummated their great and total overthrow. The number of men engaged in the Battle of Waterloo is often a subject of dis-cussion, and the accounts given on the spot are generally incorrect. The zealouspatriot sees with a magnifying glass the force opposed to his countrymen, — feeling,if he does not confess, that to exaggerate the power of the enemy is to heightenthe glory of a victory, or palliate the disgrace of a defeat. Both sides haveplayed with figures until the question of the comparative forces on the 18
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