 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1864 - 750 sider
...morning of the 30th January, 1649. Of i his demeanour on the scaffold let Andrew Marvell speak : — While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody...spight To vindicate his helpless right ! But bow'd bis comely head Down as upon a btd. Clarendon's description is as follows : — "The king asked the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 sider
...did not quote Andrew • ''.. i magnificent linei on Charles I. : — " While round the armed hands hnson has said, after axe'« edge did try ; Vor rall'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpings ri«ht, But... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 336 sider
...Milton, — telling how the royal actor was brought " The tragic scaffold to adorn, While round tho armSd bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common...axe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Downe as upon a bed !" There are... | |
 | English confessors - 1860 - 380 sider
...chase To Carisbrook's narrow case ; That hence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try. Nor called the gods, with vulgar spile, To vindicate his helpless right ! Eut bowed his comely head, Down,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 sider
...case ; That thence the Royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While round the armed bands He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable...axe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed. —This was... | |
 | Charles I (King of England) - 1861 - 366 sider
...have witnessed 'vhat he describes, writes of this scene: — . " He nothing common did nor mean After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The...axe's edge did try : Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bovv'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." Ode to Cromwell,... | |
 | 1861 - 624 sider
...To Carisbrook's narrow case : ' That thence the royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands : ' He nothing common did, nor mean, Upon that memorable scene : But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : ' Nor called... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1862 - 592 sider
...borne The tragic scaffold might adorn. While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, Hi 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,... | |
 | 1863 - 982 sider
...chase To Carisbrook's narrow case ; That thence the Royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody...axe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed. - — This... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 sider
...; That thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorne, While round the armed baads, Did clap their bloody Hands : He nothing common did,...that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye, The axe'i edge did trye. Nor calTd the Gods with eulgar sptght. To vindicate his helplesse right : Sut... | |
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While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; 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... 
