 | 1869 - 444 sider
...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 bow'd his comely head Down, as updn a bed. — This was that memorable hour Which first assidfed the forced power : So when they did... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 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 was... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 sider
...chase To Carisbrook's narrow case, That thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might ndorn, 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 spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down,... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 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...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,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 sider
...That thence the royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While round the armed bands 55 Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did...scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; 60 Nor called the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 sider
...cheerfully as he was wont to tread the floor of the same hall on a mask night : ' He nothing common did, nor 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,... | |
 | Civil service - 1871 - 264 sider
...in which they were acquired. 10. Explain the meaning of the allusions in these passages : — (a) " He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe did try, And bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." (6) " And on the neck of Fortune proud... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 470 sider
...opinions,— " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Xor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 sider
...chase To Carisbrooke's narrow case; That thence 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 spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed hio comely head Down,... | |
 | Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 sider
...death, and beheaded at Whitehall, 1649. His constancy and Christian conduct at the last were remarkable. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable...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,... | |
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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... 
