 | Edward Capell - 1760 - 284 pages
...had, that to the hilts was all with blood imbru'd ; and in his left (that kings and kingdoms ru'd) famine and fire he held, and therewithal he razed towns, and threw down towers and all : cities he fack'd ; and realms (that whilom flower'd in honour, glory, and rule, above the reft) he overwhelm'd,... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1781 - 620 pages
...hucd : In his right hand a naked fword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...razed towns, and threw down towers and all : Cities he fack'd, and realms (that whilom flower'd In honour, glory', and rule, above the reft) He overwhelm'd,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1809 - 914 pages
...hued, In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood embrued ; And in his left, that kings and kingdoms rued, Famine and...therewithal He razed towns, and threw down towers and all. k* What an admirable and highly poetical line ! C:tie» Cities he sack'd, and realms that whilom flower'd... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...hned, In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood embrued ; And in his left, that kings and kingdoms rued, Famine and...whilom flower'd In honour, glory, and rule above the best, He overwhelm'd, and all their frame devour'd, Consum'd, destroy 'd, wasted, and never ceas'd,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 350 pages
...that whilom flower'd In honour, glory, and rule above the best, He overwhelm'd, and all their frame devour'd, Consum'd, destroy'd, wasted, and never ceas'd, Till he their wealth, their name, and all opprest, His face forehew'd with wounds ; and by his side There hung his targe with gnashes deep and... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - 1815 - 434 pages
...hued, In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood embrued ; And in his left, that kings and kingdoms rued, Famine and...whilom flower'd In honour, glory, and rule above the best, He overwhelm'd, and all their fame devour'd, Consum'd, destroy'd, wasted, and never ceas'd, Till... | |
 | Rowland Freeman - 1821 - 846 pages
...blackly-hued ; In bis right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilt was all with blood embrued : And in his left, that kings and kingdoms rued. Famine and fire he held, and therewithall He razed towns, and threw down towers and all. Cities he sacked, and realms that whilome... | |
 | 1837 - 646 pages
...blackly-hued ; In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilt was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left that kings and kingdoms rued, Famine and...therewithal He razed towns, and threw down towers, and all." These lines remind us of Chaucer's picture of Mars, with his glittering standard. From Sackville to... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 548 pages
...hued: In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...overwhelm'd, and all their fame devour'd, Consum'd, destroy 'd, wasted, and never ceas'd Till he their wealth, their name, and all oppress'd : His face... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 1840 - 572 pages
...glory, and rule, above the rest) He overwhelm'd, and all their fame devour'd, Consum'd, destroy 'd, wasted, and never ceas'd Till he their wealth, their name, and all pppress'd : His face forehew'd with wounds ; and by his side There hung his TARGE, with gashes deep... | |
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With visage grim, stern look, and blackly hued : In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and fire he held, and therewithal He razed towns, and threw down... 
