 | Marcius Willson - History - 1854 - 894 pages
...Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; 'Think nothing gained,' he cries ' till naught remain ; On Moscow's walls, till Gothic standards...beneath the polar sky.' The march begins in military stale, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades... | |
 | Marcius Willson - History - 1854 - 866 pages
...Peace courts his hand, but spread's her charms in vain; 4 Think nothing gained,' he cries 'till naught remain ; On Moscow's walls, till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath ttie polar sky.* The march begins in military stole, And nations on hla eye suspended wait ; Stern... | |
 | James Hannay - Satire - 1854 - 316 pages
...XII., and has these vigorous lines : " The march begins in military state, And nations on his eyes suspended wait. Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost. He comes, nor want nor cold his cause delay ! Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's... | |
 | James Hannay - Satire - 1854 - 292 pages
...XII., and has these vigorous lines : " The march begins in military state, . And nations on his eyes suspended wait. Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost. .He comes, nor want nor cold his cause delay ! Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's... | |
 | Elizabeth Jane Brabazon - Russia - 1855 - 408 pages
...yield; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain, ' Think nothing gained,' he cries, ' till nought remain, ' On Moscow's walls till Gothic...guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost ; He comes, nor want, nor cold, his course delay. — Hide blushing glory ! hide Pultowa's... | |
 | Henry Goddard Leach - Scandinavia - 1926 - 620 pages
...one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; 'Think nothing gain'd', he cries, 'till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar stcy.' The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern famine guards... | |
 | Ann Messenger - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 208 pages
...one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; "Think nothing gain'd, he cries, till nought remain, "On Moscow's walls till Gothic...guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, not want and cold his course delay; Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1995 - 412 pages
...dangers fright him and no labours tire . . . 'Think nothing gained,' he cries, 'till naught remains, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all...guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of frost; He comes, not Want and cold his course delay; Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's... | |
 | Walter Scott - Fiction - 1995 - 300 pages
...quarter-master for this evening." Cfjapter^tne The march begins in military state, And nations on his eyes suspended wait ; Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost; He comes,—nor want, nor cold, his course delay.Vanity of Human Wishes BY BREAK of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Reference - 2004 - 320 pages
...one res1gn; Peace courts his Hand, but spreads her Charms in vain, "Think nothing gain 'd, he cries, 'till nought remain; On Moscow's Walls till Gothic Standards fly, And all is mine beneath the Polar Sky. " The March begins in military State, And Nations on his Eye suspended... | |
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The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait : Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost : He comes : nor want nor cold his course delay. 
