His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse: He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate. Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen... Yorkshire Illustrations of English History - Page 118by James Goodeve Miall - 1865 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Bell - 1777 - 644 pages
...strain. . .' Break his hands of sleep asunder, And rouze him like a rattling peal of thunder. He sung Darius, great and good ; By too severe a fate, Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, . t Fallen from his high estate, And welt'riug in his blood; Deserted at his utmost need By those his... | |
| Parliament proc - 1804 - 718 pages
...funeral obfequies of the Miniftry in melodious flrains. " He sana; Darius, great and good, •• Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, " Fallen from his high estate, " And weltering in his blood." But he did not feem to think the caufe altogether defperatc; and as he proceeded, " He burst the bands... | |
| David Humphreys - 1804 - 440 pages
...Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. , He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse ; He sung Darius, great and" good ! By too severe a fate, Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood: Deserted at his utmost need, By those his... | |
| Albin Joseph U. Hennet - 1806 - 458 pages
...s'applaudit; Chang'd his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse , He sung Darius great and good , By too severe a fate Fallen , fallen , fallen , fallen , Fallen from his high estate. And welt'ring in his Wood. Deserted at his utmost need By those his... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 pages
...defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse ; He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And weltering in his blood : Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his... | |
| John Dryden - 1808 - 500 pages
...defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse ; He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And weltering in his blood : Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse ; He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And weltering in his blood : Deserted at his utmost need, By those his... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...defy'd, chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful Muse soft pity to infuse: be sung Darius great and good, by too severe a fate^ fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen from his high estate, and weltering in his blood; deserted, at his utmost need, by those his... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...defy'd, chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride, He chose a mournful Muse soft pity to infuse: be sung Darius great and good, by too severe a fate^ fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen from his high estate, and weltering in his blood; deserted, at his utmost need, by those his... | |
| Herodotus - 1812 - 478 pages
...defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride; He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse ; He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And weltering in his blood; Deserted in his utmost need, By those his... | |
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