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" Now strike the golden lyre again; A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head; As awaked from the dead. And amazed, he stares... "
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern: A-Z - Page 4947
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...again : At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor—sunk upon her breast! Now strike the golden lyre again ! A louder yet, and...of thunder ! Hark ! hark !—the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead; And, amaz'd, he stares around ! Revenge ! revenge ! Timotheus...
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Elegant Extracts: Book V. Pindaric, Horatian, and other odes ; Book VI ...

1826 - 310 pages
...sigh'd again. At length, with love and wine at once opprest, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast. Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and...peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead, And amaz'd he stares around. Revenge, revenge, Timotheus...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces

John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...her breast. CHORDS. k Tut prince, unable to conceal his pain, Gn'd on the fair Who cua'd hi< care, ~ bm + =^_L k W? [ G" ^ { & W ٷ 3 Q2 ^ ҂ #7 Ҟt d;v &-Z hands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound...
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations, Drawn from ...

George Crabb - 1826 - 768 pages
...thing which is supposed to serve the purpose of a band ; thus love is said to have its silken bands ; Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. DBYDEN. Shackle, whether as a substantive or a verb, retains the idea of controlling the movements...
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The Harmonicon, Volumes 4-5

1826 - 534 pages
...Dithyrambic tu Bacchus, beginning, " Bacchus ever fair and young;" the second was the stormy chorus: — " Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peel of thunder." The effect produced upon a numerous audience by this spiritstirring music, unknown...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...again : At length with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor — sunk upon her breast. Now, strike the golden lyre again ; A louder yet,...of thunder. Hark ! hark ! — the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead ; And, amazed, he stares around. Revenge, revenge ! Timotheus...
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Exercises in Reading and Recitation

Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 266 pages
...sigh'd again. At length, with love and wine at once opprest, The vanquished victor sunk upon her breast. Now strike the golden lyre again; A louder yet, and...strain: Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him with a rattling peal of thunder. Hark! hark — the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...: At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd^ nhe vanquish'd victor — sunk upon her breast. Now, strike the golden lyre again ; A louder yet,...peal of thunder. Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead ; And, amaz'd, he stares around. Revenge ! revenge ! Timotheus...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 3

John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pages
...and look'd, and sigh'd again : 120 At length, with love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast. VI. Now strike the golden...a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, 125 And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has rais'd up his...
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The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings : with ..., Volume 1

William Hogarth, John Trusler, J. Hogarth, John Nichols - 1833 - 344 pages
...auricular nerve, that he is compelled to stop his ears, — but to stop the torrent is impossible ! A louder yet, and yet a louder strain, Break his bands of thought asunder ! And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder ; At the horrible sound He has rais'd...
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