 tis said, when all were fired, Fill'd with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatch'd her instruments of sound,' And, as they oft had heard apart Sweet lessons of her forceful art, Each (for madness ruled the hour) Would prove...  The Poetical Works of William Collins - Page 67by William Collins - 1804 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...why. E'en at the sound himself hail made. Next Anger rushed ; his eyes on fire, In lightnings owned his secret stings; In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hands the strings. With woful measures wan Despair Low, sullen sounds his grief beguiled; A solemn,... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...why, Even at the sound himself had made. Next, Anger rushed, his eyes on fire ; In lightnings owned his secret stings. In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hands the strings. With woful measures, wan Despair — Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled ; A solemn,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1832 - 410 pages
...and the timid can have no conception. Collins knew that well, and expressed it beautifully : " First Fear, his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid ; Then back recoil'd, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made." The same principle carries... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...of her forceful art, Each, for Madness rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expressive power. First Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid ; And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Ev'n at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rush'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...forceful art, Each — for madness ruled the hour — Would prove his own expressive power. First, Fear — his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords...bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Even at the sound himself had made ! Next, Anger — rush'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...prove his own expressive power. 2. First, Fenr, his hand its skill to try, Amid the chords bewildcr'd laid ; And back recoil'd, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made. 3. Next Anger rush'd ; — his eyes on fire, . •••' In lightnings own'd his secret Rtings; —... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
...recoil'd, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made, 3. Next Anger rnsh'd ;— his eyes or. fire. In lightnings own'd his secret stings ;'—...the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. 4. With woful measures wan Despair, In sullen sounds his grief beguil'd— A solemn, strange, and mingled... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1835 - 484 pages
...power. First Fear, his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewildered laid ; And back recoiled, he knew not why, . E'en at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rushed ; — his eyes on fire, In lightnings owned his secret stings, In one rude clash he struck the... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...power. First, Fear, his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewildered laid ; And back recoiled, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rushed — his eyes, on fire, In lightnings owned his secret stings ; In one rude clash he struck the... | |
 | William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...why, Even at the sound himself had made. Next, ANGER rushed, his eyes on fire : In lightnings owned his secret stings. In one rude clash he struck the lyre — And swept, with hurried hands, the string?. With woful measures, wan DESPAIR — Low sullen sounds his grief beguiled ; A solemn,... | |
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