 | James Montgomery - 1833 - Počet stránok 528
...the most fastidious of the tribe, was even fond of it. " 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." Alliteration, open or occult, may be traced through every turn of this brief paragraph. Young, in his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1833 - Počet stránok 1182
...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 - Počet stránok 480
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - Počet stránok 604
...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... | |
 | John William Donaldson - 1838 - Počet stránok 140
...celebrated Ode on the subjection of Scotland by Edward the First: Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, Confusion on thy banners wait: Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air in idle state. at once with the metaphorical embellishment of poetical composition. But no : there... | |
 | John Timbs - 1840 - Počet stránok 430
...and calling down curses on the head of the monarch : " ' 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, * Sir John Herschel observes... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1840 - Počet stránok 340
...aimilti t A boat I Booklnf OH boat I! By his own eanlMDM* " Ruin seize thee ruthless king ! Contusion on thy banners wait ; Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing. They mock the air with idle state." • Alliteration, open or occult, may be traced through every turn of this brief paragraph. Young,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - Počet stránok 292
...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 state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - Počet stránok 348
...in the trial, Sally Jones will hear thunder ! THE BARD. " 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 even thy virtues, tyrant ! shall avail To save thy secret soul... | |
 | James Boswell - 1846 - Počet stránok 602
...no 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 state1.' " Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different... | |
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Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail • To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears... 
