 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 - Pàgina 271823Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 442 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...: 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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...! " 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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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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