 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
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 páginas
...have no previous narration to lead you to it. The two next lines in that ode are, I think, very good : Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state6." Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 440 páginas
...degree, etc. And then, sir, Yes, there is a man in Westmoreland, And Johnny Armstrong they do him call. Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state8." Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1827 - 468 páginas
...vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. ODE VI. THEBAR D. PINDARIC." I. 1. ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners...wing They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's0 twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1828 - 542 páginas
...following •rits, which form its opening and ending, ought by no means to be :d. Ruin seize the«, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Though,...wing, They mock the air with idle state ! Helm, nor hawbcrk'e twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant ! shall avail To save thy secret «oui from nightly... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 páginas
...: A PINDARIC ODE. " RUIN seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners wait, Though fanri'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with...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... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 páginas
...in his books, Alas ! it cried, give me some drink, Titinius .' As a sick girl . S. Jitlius Ctesar. * Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, — Confusion on thy...fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air in idle state. Helm nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, can avail ' To save thy... | |
 | John Barber - 1828 - 310 páginas
...! " Confusion on thy banners wait! " Tho' fanned by conquest's crimson wing, " They mock the air in idle state! " Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, " Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail " To save thy secret soul from nighily fears, " From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears!... | |
 | England - 1829 - 282 páginas
...against this cruel king. Ruin seize thcc, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fanned by conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state ; Helm nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor all thy virtues, tyrant, can avail To save thy soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 páginas
...fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. EXTRACT FROM THE " BARD, A PINDARIC ODE."* 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... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 páginas
...PINDARIC UUL. I. *' RUIN seize time, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Though fami'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with...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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