 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.  The Eclectic Review - Side 2531840Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Forster - 1862 - 432 sider
...window of the latter building. But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor called the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right;...literature or of liberty, Andrew Marvel, and in an ode to Oliver Cromwell himself ! The lapse of two centuries has confirmed the poet's praise. In pronouncing... | |
 | 1866 - 400 sider
...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.'9 Magnificent Edward, He TO/IO made the English renovm, and the fame of his Windsor In the Orient... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1866 - 314 sider
...is pure spirit also. " He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, Nor called the gods with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down as npon a bed." What a transit was that of his horizontal body alone, but just cut down from the gallows-tree... | |
 | 1867 - 556 sider
...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.' No scholar can read these lines, without being irresistibly reminded of the fine passages in the '... | |
 | Sir Edward Cust - 1867 - 344 sider
...mean After that memorable scene j 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 it were, upon a bed." It may surprise some to find Charles the First included among the Warriors of... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 sider
...Upon that memorable 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 head Down, as upon a bed. — This was that memorable hour 65 Which first assured the forced power: So when they did design The... | |
 | William Hennessey Marah - 1869 - 276 sider
...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 bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed.' (Ode to Cromwell on his return from Ireland.) CHAPTER VI. The Restoration. — Dr. Juxon, Archbishop.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 822 sider
...memorable scene, Bat with his keener eye The axc's edge did try -, Nor cnll'd the gods with vulgar spito To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. Some of his later verses are tinged with a sort of despair of the Stuart dynasty, as, for instance,... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 sider
...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. .This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the forced power ; So, when they did design The... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 sider
...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. This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the forced power ; So, when they did design The capitol's... | |
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