 | John Bell - 1777 - 644 sidor
...to infuse: Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead, And amaz'd, he stares around. Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries,...sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Behold a ghastly hand, Each a torch in his hand, Those are Grecian ghosts, that in hattle were slain, And unhury'd remain... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 404 sidor
...having a few iambic lines interspersed. Revenge rev£nge Timotheus cries See the furies arise ! See trie snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair,...sparkles that flash from their ey'es !——— Behold how they t6ss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of... | |
 | 1810 - 566 sidor
...happily seconded by the rapidity of anapaestic measure. " Revenge ! revengt: ! Timothcus cries ; Sec the Furies arise ! See the snakes that they rear. How they hiss in their hair, And tht sparkles that flash from their eyes. Behold how they toss their torches on high! How they point... | |
 | 1802 - 570 sidor
...slaughtered Greeks ia the form of Furies, armed with horrid torches for the burning of Per«epolis : " Revenge ! revenge ! Timotheus cries : See, the furies arise ! See the snakes that they rear, How they his« in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Behold, a ghastly band, Each a torch... | |
 | David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 sidor
...of thunder. Hark, hark the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead, And amaz'd he stares around. Revenge, revenge ! Timotheus cries,...the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! ' Behold a ghostly band, Each a torch in his hand! These are Grecian ghosts that in battle were slain. Whose bodies... | |
 | Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 sidor
...up his head , As awake from the dead , And amaz'd he stares around. Revenge , revenge ! Thimotheus cries , See , the furies arise ! See the snakes that...eyes. Behold a ghastly band , Each a torch in his hand ! Those are grecian ghosts that in battle were slain , And unbury'd remain , Inglorious on the plain... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 sidor
...I . , Sec the snakes that they rear, .: . » „• How they hiss in their hair ! •„ rs '•-< And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Behold a ghastly band, Each a torch in his hand ! Those are Grecian ghosts that in battle were slain. And unbury'd remain Inglorious on the plain :... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 sidor
...a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head...! Behold a ghastly band, Each a torch in his hand ! Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And, unburied, remain Inglorious on the plain... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 sidor
...a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head...! Behold a ghastly band, Each a torch in his hand ! . Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And, unburied, remain Inglorious on the plain... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 sidor
...thunder. Hark, Hark, the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head ; As awak'd from the dead, And amaz'd he stares around. Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries,...arise, See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in the air, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Behold a ghastly band. Each a torch in his hand,... | |
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Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares... 
