To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove... An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste - Page 358by Richard Payne Knight - 1805 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 pages
...à la flamme leur tronc majestueux, quoique nu, reste debout sur la lande brûlée. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...pines, With singed top, their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...à la flamme leur tronc majestueux, quoique nu, reste debout sur la lande brûlée. He now prepared To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and hair inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice,... | |
| John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd GIS To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite... | |
| David Mushet - Animal welfare - 1839 - 358 pages
...from its more accursed neighbour ; and prune off all but the smallest infamies. ' Thrice he essayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears such as angels weep, burst forth; at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way." As strong yet unsuccessful have our endeavours... | |
| David Mushet - Animal welfare - 1839 - 350 pages
...from its more accursed neighbour ; and prune off all but the smallest infamies. " Thrice be essayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears such as angels weep, burst forth ; at last Words interwove with sighs found out tbeir way." As strong yet unsuccessful have our endeavours... | |
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...soupirs : With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak : whereat their doubled ranks they bend From...all his peers ; attention held them mute : Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth ; at last Words, interwove... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prcpar'd To «peak ; e high up hang ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd...not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still wit assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scom, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words, interwove... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...hare, 615 Stands on the hlasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak : whereat their douhled ranks they hend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With...all his peers ; attention held them mute : Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, C20 Tears, such as angels weep, hurst forth : at last Words,... | |
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