...memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's1 fame rings in each clansman's ears! 235 And Ardennes2 waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's...brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass 240 Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living...

...Childe Haroldlll in the beautiful lines on the dead at Ardennes, which offer a post-apocalyptic peace: And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy...inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas!12 The natural world in Byron's poetry can be seen as potentially millennial, although that...

...to Waterloo came to me: Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewey with nature's tear drops, as they pass; Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. These lines haunted me all day and seemed to be ominous. After we had crossed the pontoon, my captain,...

...Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!22'21 And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves,24 Dewy with nature's tear-drops, as they pass, Grieving,...grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow 240 In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with...

..."Childe Harold's Pilgrimage": Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewey with nature's tear drops, as they pass; Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave. Ayling confided in his diary, the "lines haunted me all day and seemed to be ominous."59 Members of...