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" He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood,... "
The works, of ... lord Byron - Page 60
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819
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The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for ...

Elocution - 1854 - 576 pages
...their Daeian mother, • — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday, — All this rushed with his blood. — Shall he expire, A.nd unavenged ? — Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire ! S3. DEGENERACY OF GREECE. — Lord Ryron. THE Isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece ! Where burning...
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Lectures on English literature, from Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry Reed - 1855 - 428 pages
...all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood. — Shall he expire...And unavenged? Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire !" In this, there is genuine poetic vision, genuine feeling; in a word, true imaginative power, and...
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Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry Reed - English literature - 1855 - 404 pages
...all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood. — Shall he expire...And unavenged ? Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire !" In this, there is genuine poetic vision, genuine feeling; in a word, true imaginative power, and...
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Lectures on English Literature: From Chaucer to Tennyson

Henry Reed - English literature - 1855 - 416 pages
...all at play, There was their Dacian mother — lie, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood. — Shall he expire And unavenged ?• Arise, ye Groths, and glut your ire !" In this, there is genuine poetic vision, genuine feeling • in a word,...
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Études sur l'histoire de l'humanité: Rome

François Laurent - Church and state - 1855 - 552 pages
...difficile de pousser plus loin le mépris de la nature humaine. Mais le jour de la vengeance approche. « Shall he expire And unavenged ? — Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire « ('). Les Barbares se lassent de s'entretner pour le plaisir de la populace romaine; ils se lèvent...
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Handbook for travellers in central Italy [by O. Blewitt].

Octavian Blewitt - 1856 - 428 pages
...barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother— he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday. All this rush'd with his blood — shall he expire,...And unavenged? Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire 1 " Ohilde Harold. One of the most accurate of critics, John Bell, describes the anatomy of the Dying...
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The English Journal of Education, Volume 10

1856 - 540 pages
...all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Eoman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — shall he expire,...And unavenged ? Arise ! ye Goths, and glut your ire ! " To this quotation we would gladly append, if space allowed, Professor Heed's analysis. It is to...
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Select specimens of English poetry

Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Eoman holiday — All this rush'd with his blood — Shall he expire, And unavenged ? — Arise ! ye Goths,4 and glut your ire. BYRON. 1. What is meant by conq uen agony f \ ings, state them, and say...
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Lectures on the British Poets, Volume 1

Henry Reed - English poetry - 1857 - 424 pages
...barbarians, ail at play ; There was their Dacian mother, he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday : All this rush'd with his blood. Shall he expire, And unavenged ? Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire ! " In this instance, the poet's morbid feelings passed into a pure channel, — the thought of his...
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English Literature of the Nineteenth Century: On the Plan of the Author's ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday. All this rush'd with his blood. Shall he expire, And unavenged ? Arise, ye Goths, and glut your ire I APOSTEOPIIE TO THE OCEAN. There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely...
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