 From meaner minds, though smaller fines content The plunder'd palace, or sequester'd rent ; Mark'd out by dangerous parts he meets the shock; And fatal Learning leads him to the block: Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep; But hear his death, ye blockheads,...  Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and in Italy - Page 200by Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 435 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...blazes, the triumphal show, The ravished standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks, the gazettes : whence even now From sleep I rescue the clear hours of morn, And, % 炀 B ɒ whirled, For such the steady Romans shook the world ; For such in distant lands the Britons shine,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...blazes, the triumphal show, The ravished standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks, the gazettes heart that wears one ; Come every steel blade, and Strong hand that bears one ! L (¡reek o'er Asia whirled, For such the steady Romans shook the world ; For such in distant lands the... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...hear his death, ye blockheads, hear and sleep. The festal blazes, the triumphal show. The ravish 'd standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks,...whirl'd ; For such the steady Romans shook the world ; For such in distant lands the Britons shine, And stain with blood the Danube or the Rhine ; This... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...and Genins weep, But hear his death, ye blockheads ! hear and sleep. The festal blazes, the trinmphal show. The ravish'd standard, and the captive foe,...whirl'd, For such the steady Romans shook the world ; For such in distant lands the Britons shine, And stain with blood the Danube or the Rhine ; This... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1851 - 764 pages
...blazes, the triumphal show, The ravished standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks, the gazettes whirled, For such the steady Romans shook the world ; For such in distant lands the Britons shine,... | |
 | John Adams - United States - 1851 - 572 pages
...infinitely less ingenious. JA 1812. t Logan. Not one drop of Logan's blood remains. Jefferson's Notes. V. The senate's thanks, the Gazette's pompous tale, With force resistless o'er the brave prevail. This power has praise, that virtue scarce can warm, ,• Till fame supplies the universal charm. JOHNSON'.... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...block : Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep, But hear his death, ye blockheads, hear and sleep. The festal blazes, the triumphal show, The ravish'd...rapid Greek o'er Asia whirl'd, For such the steady Roman shook the world ; For such in distant lands the Britons shine, And stain with blood the Danube... | |
 | 1852 - 1236 pages
...like."— SHAKSPEARE. Coriolanur, ACT 2, So. 1. " The festal hlozeB, the triumphal show. The ravish 'd standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks,...tale, "With force resistless o'er the brave prevail." DK. JOHNSON. Vanity qf Human Withes. THE conqueror of Hannibal, and the vanquisher of Napoleon. Here... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 pages
...time. Around his tomb let Art and Genius \veep, 173 But hear his death, ye blockheads ! hear and sleep. The festal blazes, the triumphal show, The ravish'd...whirl'd ; For such the steady Romans shook the world ; iso For such in distant lands the Britons shine, And stain with blood the Danube or the Rhine ; This... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...time. Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep, 173 But hear his death, ye blockheads ! hear and sleep. The festal blazes, the triumphal show, The ravish'd standard, and the captive foe, & C^u The senate's thanks, the Gazette's pompous tale, I d With force resistless o'er .the brave prevail.... | |
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