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" Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam... "
Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century: Consisting ... - Page 710
by John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - 1818
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The Aberdare addresses, papers by G. Legge [and others].

Congregational union of England and Wales - 1860 - 120 pages
...and yet, its essential spirit or genius, towering in her strength and majesty, " as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam," on Cader Idris, or Helvellyn, or Ben Macdhui, can look abroad with complacency on her giant progeny....
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Selections from the prose writings of John Milton, ed. with memoir, notes ...

John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, muing* her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain * Moulting, casting off the old feathers or skin. HERESY AND SCHISM...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 36

Henry Allon - 1862 - 512 pages
...strong man after sleep, ' and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an ' eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled ' eyes...at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long' abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while ' the whole noise of timorous...
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The English Nation; Or, A History of England in the Lives of ..., Volume 2

George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 pages
...nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle nursing her mighty youth, and...undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam; purging and scaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of...
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Lessons of Encouragement from the Times of Washington

George Lewis Prentiss - 1863 - 30 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her, as an eagle inning her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and...
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Dublin examination papers

Dublin city, univ - 1864 - 324 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam." . . . b. " Certainly I must confess mine own barbarousness ; I never heard the old song of Percy and...
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Garibaldi: his life and times. By F. Young and W.B.B. Stevens

Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1864 - 258 pages
...like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincihle locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day heam ; purging and unsealing her long-ahused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while...
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An essay on the history of the English government and constitution, from the ...

John Russell (1st earl.) - 1865 - 322 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her long-abnsed sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and...
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passages and ...

John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. Ibid. By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a Region of...
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Life and Times of John Milton

William Carlos Martyn - 1866 - 328 pages
...the strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole brood of timorous and...
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