| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sidor
...to heaven, from whence it came; Earth keeps the body ; verse preserves the fame. Л laander'e Fetal. r teeth her words did br That they might passage get...But she so handled still the matter, They came as sate On his imperial throne : His valiant peers were plac'd around, Their brows with roses and with... | |
| William Richard Harris (writer of verse.) - 1847 - 80 sidor
...era of him whom England's great lexicographer elegantly styled " the father of British poetry"— " 'Twas at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son;" has been taught, recited, and admired in every seminary of learning (our universities not excepted,... | |
| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 sidor
...hell-gate, and kept the fatal key, Risen, and with hideous outcry rush'd between. ALEXANDER'S FEAST. TWAS at the royal feast, for Persia won, By Philip's...warlike son, Aloft in awful state, The god-like hero sat MILTON. On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were placed around, Their brows with roses and with... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 sidor
...feast, for Persia won, By Philip's warlike sou : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero bate On bis choice, When-ill the danger almost pois'd the honour : And, as he rose, the day grew b myrtle bound ; So should desert in arms be crown'd. The lovely Thnïs by his side Sat, like a blooming... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 sidor
...Eurydice. These delights if thou canst give, MIRTH, with thee I mean to live. xv. — ALEXANDER'S FEAST. at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike...were plac'd around, Their brows with roses and with myrtle bound : So should desert in arms be crown'd. The lovely Thais, by bis side, Sat like a blooming... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 sidor
...Savionr's blood diseharge the mighty snra. ALEXANDER'S FEAST, AN ODE IN HONOUR OF ST CECILIA'S DAY.1 Twas at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son ; Aloft in awfnl state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne : His valiant peers were plae'd aronnd ; Their... | |
| William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 sidor
...rais'da shade from Hell, Hers lift the soul to Heav'n. PorE. CHAPTER XXVII. : ALEXANDER'S FEAST. ' 'TwAS at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's...warlike son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate The lovely Thais by his side Sat, like a blooming eastern bride, In flow'r of youth, and beauty's... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 sidor
...nuperceived decay, And steal myself from life, and melt away. [State of Innocence.] ALEXANDER'S FEAST. 'T was at the royal feast, for Persia won, By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around, Their brows with roses and with... | |
| John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 sidor
...the charming air repay, Shook thousand odors from his dewy wings. COLLUPS, ALEXANDER'S FEAST. 'T WAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son. — Aloft, in awful state, The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were placed around, Their brows with roses and with... | |
| Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 sidor
...uuperceived decay, And steal myself from life, and melt away. [State of Innocence.] ALEXANDER'S FEAST. 'T was at the royal feast, for Persia won, By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in uwful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around, Their... | |
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