Looked up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone. Marmion - Page 4by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839Full view - About this book
| 1808 - 546 pages
...no wizard grave E'er framed in dark Thessalian cave. Though his cuuld drain the ocean dry, And force the planets from the sky, These spells are spent,...spent with these ; The wine of life is on the lees. Genins, and taste, and talent gone, tFor ever tombed beneath the atone, Where,-r-taming thought to... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...nations in its jar ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Looked up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone. Spells of such force no wizard grave E'er framed in dark Thessalian cave, Though his could drain the ocean dry,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...nations in its jar ; Beneath each hanner proud to stand Looked up the nohlest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone. Spells of such force no wizard grave E'er framed in dark Thessalian cave, Though his could drain the ocean dry,... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 pages
...nations in its jar ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Looked up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone. Spells of such force no wizard grave E'er fram'd in dark Thessalian cave, Though his could drain the ocean dry,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 pages
...nations in its jar ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone. Spells of such force no wizard grave E'er framed in dark Thessalian cave, Though his could drain the ocean dry,... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...nations in its jar ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone. Spells of such force no wizard grave E'er fram'd in dark Thessalian cave, Though his could drain the ocean dry,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1823 - 332 pages
...nations in its jar ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of PITT and Fox alone. Spells of such force no wizard grave E'er framed in dark Thessalian cave, Though his could drain the ocean dry,... | |
| William Jones - 1825 - 572 pages
...nations in its jar : Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world were known The names of Pitt and Fox alone. Spells of such force, no wizard grave E'er framed in dark Thessalian cave ; Though his could drain the ocean... | |
| Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...wizard grave E'er framed in dark Thcsxaliaii cave ; Though his could drain the ocean dry, Aud forre the planets from the sky. These spells are spent,...The wine of life is on the lees. Genius, and taste, ami talent gone. For ever tomb'd beneath the slouc. Where. — laming thought to human pride! — The... | |
| Charles Caldwell - 1828 - 318 pages
...ocean dry, And force the planets from the sky.' But, in the graphical language of the same writer, ' These spells are spent, and, spent with these, The...life is on the lees. Genius, and taste, and talent sleep, For ever tombed beneath the deep.' But if the death of our departed friend was sudden, produced... | |
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