 He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene. But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.  Old Portraits and Modern Sketches - Sivu 108tekijä(t) John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 304 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1883 - 540 sivua
...common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. MARVELL. See Cromwell, damned to everlasting fame ! POPE. Unknown to Cromwell as to me Was Cromwell's... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 sivua
...did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. Aiid he who wrote this was Cromwell's Latin Secretary ! — and Cromwell's other Latin Secretary was... | |
 | Clara L. Matéaux - 1883 - 344 sivua
...did nor mean After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try. Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right ; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." JEREMY TAYLOR. "THE MAN WHO, STRETCH'D IN isis' CALM RETEEAT, TO BOOKS AND STUDY GIVES SEVEN YEARS... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1883 - 238 sivua
...nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene ; . . . Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To 8 vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his 'comely head Down as upon a bed. The king's body was borne into Whitehall Palace, where it was exposed to public view for some days.... | |
 | Walter Money - 1884 - 450 sivua
...did, or mean, 'Upon that memorable scene; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try: Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." His conduct in reference to the Battles of Newbury, as we have here traced it, illustrates both the... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1884 - 696 sivua
...did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right ; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. Pass, once again, to the Masque of Hymen. Through those epithalamial hymns which sounded in the ears... | |
 | Joseph Henry Shorthouse - 1884 - 476 sivua
...with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate Us helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." Ike Republican, Andrew Marrett. CHAPTER XV. INGLESANT remained in the Tower for several months after... | |
 | W. H. Davenport Adams - 1885 - 434 sivua
...did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." Some good, strong lines occur in his poem upon Milton's " Paradise Lost," which has a special interest... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1886 - 218 sivua
...did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right ; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. Truly a sad fate was reserved for many of those royal and noble actors in the New Year and Shrovetide... | |
 | John Addington Symonds - 1888 - 232 sivua
...did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right ; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. Truly a sad fate was reserved for many of those royal and noble actors in the New Year and Shrovetide... | |
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