| Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - Страниц: 604
...Bard. A Pindaric Ode. GRAY. I. 1. RUIN seise thec, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wail ! Tho' fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state ! Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail. Nor even thy virtues Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - Страниц: 628
...Bards, that fell into his hands, to be put to death. I. " RIMS seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners wait, 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... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - Страниц: 466
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in tlr.it Ode are, I think, very good : 'Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with idle state."]: Finding him in u placid humour, and wishing to avail myself of the opportunity which I fortunately... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1819 - Страниц: 482
...radiance of their colouring. THE BARD: A PINDARIC ODE. ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless king! ' Confusion on thy banners wait, ' 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... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - 1820 - Страниц: 548
...dread ? &c. ' Pindar. ODE VI. THE BARD. PINDARIC.™ I. 1. * RUIN seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners wait, 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... | |
| James Boswell - 1820 - Страниц: 382
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that ode are, 1 think, very good : Though, fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state." Bonnell Thornton had just published a burlesque Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, adapted to the ancient British... | |
| John Aikin - 1821 - Страниц: 358
..."1" is folly to be wise. THE BARD. A FINDAE1C ODE. I. " RUIN seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! 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... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1821 - Страниц: 196
...Bards that fell into his hands to be put to death. I. 1. " RUIN seize. thee, ruthless King ! Confusion on thy banners wait; Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle slate. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret... | |
| James Boswell - 1821 - Страниц: 376
...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,... | |
| 1821 - Страниц: 372
...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." Bonnell Thornton had just published a burlesque Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, adapted to the ancient British... | |
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