 Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...  The Cottager's monthly visitor - Página 271823Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 páginas
...(• deatk. I. 1. ' TJ UIN seize tbee> ruthless KinsJ t JTV Confusion on thy banners wait; * Tlio' fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, * They mock the air with idle state*. * Helm nor haubeik'st twisted mail, * Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant! shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 páginas
...BARD. PINDARIC ». I. l. ' -LVUIN seize thee, ruthless King! ' Confusion on thy hanners wait, ' Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing ' They mock the air with idle state. ' Helm, nor f Hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 páginas
...Bard. A Pindaric Ode. GRAY. I. 1. RUIN seise thec, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wail ! Tho' reater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom strung) even thy virtues Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 páginas
...[IBID.] II ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless King ! ' Confusion on thy banners wait ; , • ' Though fan'd by Conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with...idle state. ' Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor ev'n thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, ' From Cambria's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 628 páginas
...conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards, that fell into his hands, to be put to death. I. " RIMS seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners...hauberk's" twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 páginas
...seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion ou thy banners wait, Though, fann'd by Conquest's crimson win», They mock the air with idle state '. Helm, nor hauberk's* twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 páginas
...put -to death. GRAY. i I. 1. " RUIN seize thee, ruthless King!* Confusion on thy banners wait ; Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air...hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail NOTES. * It is the opening of this poem, that the Ode by Soame Jenyus, on a ' Giant run... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 páginas
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in tlr.it Ode are, I think, very good : 'Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with idle state."]: Finding him in u placid humour, and wishing to avail myself of the opportunity which I fortunately... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 páginas
...in a strong light to give out the perfect radiance of their colouring. THE BARD: A PINDARIC ODE. ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless king! ' Confusion on thy...hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, • From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - 548 páginas
...Caractacus, Hark ! heard ye not yon footstep dread ? &c. ' Pindar. ODE VI. THE BARD. PINDARIC.™ I. 1. * RUIN seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners...hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears... | |
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