Nature

Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 1809–1892

From The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse (1912)

Nature

Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums,
That beat to battle where he stands;
Thy face across his fancy comes,
And gives the battle to his hands:
A moment, while the trumpets blow,
He sees his brood about thy knee;
The next, like fire he meets the foe,

And strikes him dead for thine and thee.

MLA

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/298/.

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Tennyson, Alfred, Lord. “Thy voice is heard thro' rolling drums.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tennyson/298/.

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