 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...times, the sacred plough employ'd The kings and awful fathers of mankind : And some with whom compar'd your insect tribes Are but the beings of a summer's day, Have held the scale of empire, rul'd the storm Of mighty war ; then, with unwearied hand, Disdaining little delicacies, seiz'd The... | |
 | James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 pages
...times, the sacred plough employ'd The kings, and awful fathers of mankind : And some, with whom compar'd your insect tribes Are but the beings of a summer's day, Have held the scale of empire, rul'd the storm Of mighty war ; then, with unwearied hand, Disdaining little delicacies, seiz'd The... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...employ'd The kings, and aweful fathers of mankind : And some, with whom compar'd your insect-tribes Arc d, or mind-illumin'd rul'd the storm Of mighty war ; then, with unwearied hand, Disdaining little delicacies, seiz'd The... | |
 | James Thomson - 1822 - 174 pages
...full height Of elegance and taste, by dreece refined. In ancient times, tbe sacred plough employ'd The kings, and awful fathers of mankind: And some,...held the scale of empire, ruled the storm Of mighty war; then, with unwearied hand, Disdaining little delicacies, seized The plough, and greatly independent... | |
 | John Platts - 1822 - 844 pages
...meeting of agriculturists, with no less reputation to themselves, than encouragement to the art : — In ancient times, the sacred plough employed The kings...insect tribes Are but the beings of a summer's day, Here held the scale of empire ; ruled the storm Of mighty war ; then, with unwearied hand, Disdaining... | |
 | 1822 - 278 pages
...full height Of elegance and taste, by Greece refined. In ancient times, the sacred plough employ'd The kings, and awful fathers of mankind : And some, with whom compared your insect-tribes Are but the beings of a summer's day, Have held the scale of empire, ruled the storm... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...employ'd The kings, and awful fathers of mankind : And some, with whom compar'd your insect-tribes Are but the beings of a summer's day, Have held the scale of empire, rul'd the storm Of mighty war, then, with unweary'd hand, Disdaining little delicacies, seiz'd The... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...full height ()f elegance and taste, by Greece refined. In ancient times, the sacred plough employ'd The kings and awful fathers of mankind : And some, with whom compared your iiisect tribes Are but the beings of a summer's day, Have held the scale of empire, ruled the storm... | |
 | James Thomson - 1824 - 256 pages
...the full height Of elegance and taste, by Greece refined. In ancient times the sacred plough employ'd The kings, and awful fathers of mankind : And some, with whom compared your insect-tribes Are but the beings of a siimmer's day, Have held the scale of empire, ruled the storm... | |
 | Virgil, William Staughton - 1825 - 706 pages
...times the sacred plough employ 'd The kings and awful fathers of mankind : And some, with whom compar'd your insect tribes Are but the beings of a summer's day, Have held the scale of empire, rul'd the storm Of mighty war; then with unwearied hand, Disdaining little delicacies, seiz'd The plough,... | |
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In ancient times, the sacred plough employed The kings and awful fathers of mankind : And some, with whom compared your insect tribes Are but the beings of a summer's day, Have held the scale of empire, ruled the storm Of mighty war, then with victorious... 
