 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 626 pages
...the simplicity of the old bard, and of the times in which he is supposed to have sung his lay : — ' They gave him of the corn-land That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night; And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands... | |
 | 1842 - 416 pages
...Bare bravely up his chin. • * « • And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands...through the River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd." As much of the public land as two oxen could plough in a day, and a statue set up in the Comitium,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...of arms Was never seen before." 64. And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands...through the River-Gate, Borne by the joyous crowd. K 65. They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...feat of arms Was never seen before." 64. And now he feels the bottom; Now on dry earth he stands; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands;...through the River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd. 65. They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 606 pages
...Fathers To press his gory hands ; Ai.d now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He eniers through the River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd....of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night : And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands... | |
 | 1843 - 652 pages
...Tibullus, distilled in the alembic of Mr. Macaulay's opulent memory, have severally contributed : — " They gave him of the corn-land That was of public right. As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night ; And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 604 pages
...bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands : Now rouud him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands ; Ar d now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through tho River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd. They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...feat of arms Was never seen before." And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands...of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night ; And they made a molten image, And set it up on high, And there it stands... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...feat of arms Was never seen before." And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the fathers To press his gory hands...of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from mom till night ; And they made a molten image, And eel it up on high, And there it stands... | |
 | Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands ; And soon with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the river gate, Borne by the joyous crowd. They gave him of the corn land, That was of public right, As... | |
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And now he feels the bottom, Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands ; And now, with shouts and clapping And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the River-Gate, Borne by the joyous crowd. 
