...heard the world around; The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; And kings sat still with awful eye, [by. As if they surely knew their sovereign Lord was But peaceful was the night, Wherein the Prince...

...time of Christ's nativity is thus beautifully alluded to in Milton's Hymn : — " No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; Unstain'd with hostile blood The hooked chariot stood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng...

...the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd wondrous pitiful Ftill with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sov'reign lord was by. But peaceful was the night,...

...until the Saviour's Advent. Then indeed " No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : v The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hooked...still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sov'reign Lord was by." But this was a brief calm. The elements of contention, awed and lulled for...

...And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. No war or battle sound, Was heard the world around : The idle spear...shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with...

...And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. No war or battle sound, Was heard the world around: The idle spear...shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with...

...wide her mirtle wand, 51 She ftrikes a univerfal Peace through Sea and Land. 4No War, or Battels found Was heard the World around The idle Spear and Shield were high up hung, The hooked Chariot ftood Unftain'd with hoftile blood, The Trumpet fpake not to the armed throng, And Kings fate ftill...

...a universal peace through sea and land. No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around : 07 The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot, stood Unstained with hostile hlood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they...

...spirit of silence which is charmingly appropriate, and irresistibly impressive : — No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed...

...in his twenty-first fear, probably as a eollege exereise. Mark this stansa: — No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around ; The idle spear and shield were high uphung ; The hooked ehariot stood Cnstain'd with human blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng...