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" Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage... "
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 282
1817
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Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Milton

John Milton - 1923 - 332 pages
...senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled The fierce Epirot and the African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of hollow states hard to be spelled; Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all...
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Western Reserve Studies, Volume 1, Issue 8

Western Reserve University - 1924 - 104 pages
...Senator ne'er held The Helm of Rome (when Gowns not Arms repel'd The fierce Epirot, and the African bold) Whether to settle Peace, or to unfold The drift of hollow States, hard to be spel'd. Then, to advise how War may best b'upheld, Man'd by her two main Nerves, Iron and Gold, In...
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1924 - 472 pages
...ne'er held * The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled \f The fierce Epirot and the African Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of hollow states hard to be spelled; Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two maiu nerves, iron and In all her...
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The Poems of John Milton: English, Latin, Greek & Italian, Volume 1

John Milton - 1925 - 442 pages
...Senatour ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns not arms repell'd The fierce Epirot and the African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift...know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou 'hast learnt, which few have done. The bounds of either sword to thee wee owe....
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Life and Letters of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1

Francis Wrigley Hirst - 1926 - 654 pages
...wrote his own despatches, thought out his reports, and employed his knowledge of European diplomacy ' to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of hollow states hard to be spelled." He enjoyed the confidence of Washington, and so far as one can judge from correspondence...
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 9

1862 - 884 pages
...senator,— •' Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The hollow drift of States, hard to be spelled; Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her...main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage." The list of his writings appended by Mr. Upham to his instructive biography of our quondam fellow-citizen...
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Poetical Works: Volume 2. Paradise Regain'd; Samson Agonistes; Poems Upon ...

John Milton - 2000 - 412 pages
...not armes repelld The feirce Efeirot and the African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold 5 The drift of hollow states, hard to be spelld, Then to advise how warr may best, upheld, Move by her two maine nerves, Iron and Gold In all her equipage; besides to...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

1909 - 502 pages
...senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled The fierce Epirot and the African bold, Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of hollow states hard to be spelled ; Then to advise how war may best, upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all...
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Recueil Des Cours, Collected Courses 1930, Volume 34

Academie De Droit International De La Ha, Hague Academy of International Law - 1970 - 956 pages
...quand, dans son sonnet à Sir Henry Vane, il décrit la tâche de l'homme d'Etat dans la guerre : « to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and 9old * In ail her equipage. » Le sang et le fer ne sont pas, comme on le dit à tort, les seuls éléments...
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Milton in Government

Robert Thomas Fallon - 2010 - 309 pages
...reassure them. Whatever its date, Vt Tandem is a Dutch document; hence, the Latin is clearly not Milton's. Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of...upheld, Move by her two main nerves, Iron and Gold. (Sonnet 17) The deliberations continued, and indeed the English began to relax some of their positions,...
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