Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quote

Dark night,
Oh terrible is thy shadow on the battle !
Blows dealt alike on friend and foe, the dead,
And dying trampled on— oh, day alone
Should look upon the soldier's deeds !


(1st February 1823) The Cadets. An Indian Sketch - The London Literary Gazette


Dark night, Oh terrible is thy shadow on the battle ! Blows dealt alike on friend and foe, the dead, And dying trampled on— oh, day alone Should...

Dark night, Oh terrible is thy shadow on the battle ! Blows dealt alike on friend and foe, the dead, And dying trampled on— oh, day alone Should...

Dark night, Oh terrible is thy shadow on the battle ! Blows dealt alike on friend and foe, the dead, And dying trampled on— oh, day alone Should...

Dark night, Oh terrible is thy shadow on the battle ! Blows dealt alike on friend and foe, the dead, And dying trampled on— oh, day alone Should...