 AN old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, — Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling...  The Living Age - Page 6101910Full view - About this book
 | Sister Mary Eunice Rasin - 1929 - 226 pages
...Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn-mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...without a blow, — A people starved and stabbed in the untilled fields, — An army which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt, Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1929 - 390 pages
...the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...without a blow, — A people starved and stabbed in the untilled field, — An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield,... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page, Stith Thompson - 1929 - 1078 pages
...Princes, the d« flow ' 1. v'.-. 273 Through public scorn, — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers untains view The stillness of their aspect in each...much of man here, to look through With a fit mind un tilled field,— An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield... | |
 | M. H. Abrams - 1975 - 494 pages
...Princes, the dregs of their doll race, who flow Through public scom.-mud from a muddy spring,— Bulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...without a blow,— A people starved and stabbed in the untiled field,— An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield,Golden... | |
 | David Daiches - 1969 - 356 pages
...scorn,-mud from a muddy spring,Rulen who neither see, nor feel, nor know, ' SHELLEY, KEATS, AND BYRON 907 But leech-like to their fainting country cling, Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow,A people starved and stabbed in the unfilled field,— An army, which liberticide and prey Makes... | |
 | Jerome J. McGann - 1985 - 182 pages
...Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, — mud from a muddy spring; Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leechlike...without a blow. A people starved and stabbed in the untilled field; An army, whom liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield; Golden... | |
 | Stuart Curran - 1990 - 280 pages
...Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, — mud from a muddy spring; Rulers who neither see nor feel nor know, But leechlike to...blood, without a blow. A people starved and stabbed in th'untilled field; An army, whom liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield;... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring; Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leechlike...cling, Till they drop, blind in blood, without a blow. . . No wonder the royals did not exactly love Percy Bysshe. The two divinest things this world has... | |
 | Wolfgang Kemp - 1992 - 530 pages
...Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring; Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...people starved and stabbed in the unfilled field, — An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield — Golden and... | |
 | Robert L. Patten - 1992 - 540 pages
...the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...fainting country cling, Till they drop, blind in blood, wit/tout a blow, — A people starved and stabbed in the unfilled field, — An army, which liberticide... | |
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