On falling nations, and on kingly lines About to sink for ever : ye, who shed Into the passions of earth's giant brood And their fierce usages the sense of justice ; Who clothe the fated battlements of tyranny With blackness as a funeral pall, and breathe... Tragedies - Page 55by Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1840 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Patriot. Ye eldest gods, Who, mindful of the empire which ye held Over dim chaos, keep revengeful watch On falling nations, and on kingly lines About to sink...breathe Through the proud halls of time-embolden'd guilt Portents of ruin, hear me ! In your presence, For now I feel ye nigh, I dedicate This arm to the destruction... | |
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...Apollo's minstrelsy ; Yet, mindful of the empire which ye held Over dim Chaos, keep revengeful watch On falling nations, and on kingly lines About to sink...breathe Through the proud halls of time-embolden'd guilt Portents of ruin, hear me ! — In your presence, For now I feel ye nigh — I dedicate This arm to... | |
| sir Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1835 - 252 pages
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| Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1837 - 148 pages
...Apollo's minstrelsy ; Yet, mindful of the empire which ye held Over dim Chaos, keep revengeful watch On falling nations, and on kingly lines About to sink...fierce usages the sense of justice ; Who clothe the faded battlements of tyranny With blackness as a funeral pall, and breathe Through the proud halls... | |
| 1837 - 552 pages
...to sink for ever; ye, who shed And their fierce usages the sense of justice ; Who clothe the faded battlements of tyranny With blackness as a funeral...breathe Through the proud halls of time-embolden'd guilt Portents of ruin, hear me!—In your presence, For now I feel ye nigh, I dedicate And of his race !... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1837 - 572 pages
...the empire which ye held Of ever-young Apollo's minstrelsy ; Over dim Chaps, keep revengeful watch On falling nations, and on kingly lines About to sink for ever ; ye, who shed And their fierce usages the sense of justice ; Into the passions of earth's giant brood Who clothe... | |
| 1840 - 528 pages
...TRIMETERS : YE eldest gods, Who, mindful of the empire which ye held Over dim Chaos, keep revengeful watch On falling nations, and on kingly lines About to sink...breathe Through the proud halls of time-embolden'd guilt Portents of ruin, hear me ! — In your presence, For now I feel ye nigh, I dedicate This arm to the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pages
...Are palpable ; who shun the azure heights Of beautiful Olympus, and the sound Of ever-young Apollo's minstrelsy ; Yet, mindful of the empire which ye held...breathe Through the proud halls of time-embolden'd guilt Portents of ruin, hear me ! — In your presence, For now I feel ye nigh, I dedicate This arm to the... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pages
...Are palpable; who shun the azure heights Of beautiful Olympus, and the sound Of ever-young Apollo's minstrelsy ; Yet, mindful of the empire which ye held...breathe Through the proud halls of time-embolden'd guilt Portents of ruin, hear me ! — In your presence, For now I feel ye nigh, I dedicate This arm to the... | |
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