alarum

And at times from the fortress across the bay

The alarum of drums swept past,

Or a bugle blast

With after times.—The patriot shall feel

My stern alarum, and unsheath his steel;

Or, in the senate thunder out my numbers

With after times.--The patriot shall feel

My stern alarum, and unsheath his steel;

Or, in the senate thunder out my numbers

Solution sweet: meantime the frost-wind blows

Like Love's alarum pattering the sharp sleet

Against the window-panes; St. Agnes' moon hath set.

O, scribes who dare forget how wild we are

How human breasts adore alarum bells.

You house us in a hive of prigs and saints

Come tell us old man, as from young men and maidens that love me,

(Arous'd and angry, I'd thought to beat the alarum, and urge

relentless war,

... its ponderous knell,

Its far-renowned alarum! 1819.