 | Rebecca Fraser - 2005 - 868 pages
...or mean, Upon that memorable scene: But, with his keener eye The Axe's edge did try: Nor call'd the Gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless Right...But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed. The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649-1660) England was now declared to be a republic or Commonwealth.... | |
 | T. C. W. Blanning - 2007 - 764 pages
...memorable Scene: But with his keener Eye The Axe's edge did try: 197 Nor call'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless Right, But bow'd his comely Head, Down as upon a Bed. His final words could be heard only by those surrounding him, but they were to have a mighty resonance... | |
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While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely... 
