Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a... Horace, with Engl. notes by J.E. Yonge - Page 53by Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1857Full view - About this book
| 1809 - 878 pages
...Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland." While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene...vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a beil. SIR RICHARD STEELE. To the anecdotes which Johnson mentions... | |
| David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 pages
...Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland." While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye, The'axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spitf To vindicate his helpless right, But... | |
| English literature - 1834 - 566 pages
...the " Royal Actor," for so he also styles him, even in addressing Cronlwell. Marvel speaks : — " He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene; But, with his keener eye, The axe's edge did trye. Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, t To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely... | |
| 1838 - 504 pages
...the death of Charles I., he says, — " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands : He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye, The axe's edge did trye : Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helplesse right ; l'ii! bow'd his comely... | |
| Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 442 pages
...execution of the monarch, he says : — " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." THE SENSE OF THE NATION. IN the year 1710, a pamphlet of... | |
| Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 436 pages
...armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene; The axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods, with...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But, with his keener eye, Down as upon a bed." But bow'd his comely head THE SENSE OF THE NATION. IN the... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn. While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He , not as I oft am wont, of thee, Works of day past,...morrow's next design, But of offence and trouble, w called the Gods, with vulgar spite, To. vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head Down,... | |
| Charles I (King of England) - Great Britain - 1832 - 372 pages
...have witnessed what he describes, writes of this scene : — " He nothing common did nor mean After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." Ode to Cromvielt, an his Return from Ireland1 History of... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 346 pages
...magnificent lines on Charles I. : •— " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene...axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Do\vn, as upon a bed." — E.] Defy... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 350 pages
...round the armed hands Did clap their hloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorahle scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right, But how'd his comely head Down, as upon a hed." — E.] Defy... | |
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