 Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...  The Cottager's monthly visitor - Page 271823Full view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 600 lehte
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that ode are, I think, very good : ' Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state*.' " Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from mine,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 602 lehte
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that ode are, I think, very good : ' Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state'.' " Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from mine,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1831 - 604 lehte
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that ode are, I think, very good : ' Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state*.' " Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry Avas widely different from mine,... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 528 lehte
...employ this pretty artifice. Gray, one of the most fastidious of the tribe, was even fond of it. " Ruin seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy...crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state." Alliteration, open or occult, may be traced through every turn of this brief paragraph. Young, in his... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 lehte
...fond of it. * Sober. t A aimile. t A boat. fi Rocking the boat. ll By his own carel " Ruin seize tbee ruthless king ! , Confusion on thy banners wait ;...crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state." Alliteration, open or occult, may be traced through every turn of this brief paragraph. Young, in his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - 1182 lehte
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that ode are, I think, very good: * Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state*.' " Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from mine,... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1834 - 492 lehte
...following fragments, which form its opening and ending, ought by no means to be omitted. Ruin seize tliee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Though,...Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state ! • At liquidas avium voces imitarier ore Ante I'uit multo, qaam laevia carmina cantu, ¿ce. ¿Ib.... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1834 - 480 lehte
...following fragments, which form its opening and ending, ought by no means to be omitted. Ruin seize tbee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Though,...fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air witli idle state ! • Al liquidas aviiim voces imitarier ore Ante fuit multo, сшаш lœvia carmina... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1834 - 398 lehte
...to be omitted : — Ruin seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Though, faim'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state ! Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant ! shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 604 lehte
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that ode are, I think, very good: • Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle stale*.' " Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different... | |
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