Identifier: rhineitssceneryh00hunt (find matches)
Title: The Rhine; its scenery and historical and legendary associations
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Hunt, Frederick Knight, 1814-1854. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Legends
Publisher: London, J. How
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foeAnd burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low. Walter Scott is said to have gone through the forest breathing great gunsagainst Bonaparte, whilst Southey, who was at Waterloo before either Byron orSir Walter, has left us in rhyme a good guide to the field. With the Laureatespoetry, and Serjeant Cottons prose, the tourist will have all he requires. TheSerjeant, it may be well to say, is an old English soldier now living upon the fieldwhere he once fought, and earning an honest penny by fighting the battle oeragain for the information and amusement of all who seek his services as Guide.Under his guidance the Traveller should see the place occupied by the Duke ashis Head-quarters, and should note well the points where the fight was thickest.The poet gives his description in a very business-like manner, and his rhymeswith a few illustrative sketches will give a faithful and lasting impression ofWaterloo. WATERLOO. 37
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WllUSifl lOMS HEALi-QUARlERS AT WA1KRLOO. Southward from Brussels lies the field of blood,Some three hours journey for a well-girt man ;A horseman who in haste pursued his roadWould reach it as the second hour began.The way is through a forest deep and wide.Extending many a mile on either side. No cheerful woodland this of antique trees, With thickets varied and with sunny glade;Look where he will, the weary traveller sees One gloomy, thick, impenetrable shadeOf tall straight trunks, which move before his sight,With interchange of lines of long green light. Here, where the woods receding from the roadHave left on either hand an open spaceFor fields and gardens, and for mans abode, Stands Waterloo ; a little lowly place,Obscure till now, when it hath risen to fame,And given the victory its English name. 38 THE RHINE BOOK. Behold the scene where Slaughter had full sway ! A mile before us lieth Mount St. John,The hamlet which the Highlanders that day Preservd from spoil; yet as much fart

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