 | M. S. Mitchell - 1869 - Počet stránok 416
...at once, That make ingrateful man ! " — King Lear. " ' 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1869 - Počet stránok 234
...flout, mock. See Midsummer Night's Dream, iii. 2. 327 : * 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.' Malone says, quoting King John, v. 1. 72, ' Mocking the air with colours idly spread,' ' The meaning... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1870 - Počet stránok 456
...above the great. * Miltoa. t Pindar. THE BA.RD. PINDARIC.* " 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... | |
 | George Davys (bp. of Peterborough.) - 1870 - Počet stránok 256
...these bards to have uttered against this cruel king : " 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 all thy virtues, tyrant, can avail To save thy soul from nightly... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1870 - Počet stránok 72
...determined resistance to the invading armies of England. ] II " 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.1 Helm nor hauberk's twisted mail,2 Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - Počet stránok 722
...God. THE BARD. PINDARIC ODE. " 'O UIN seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Tho' 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 - 1886 - Počet stránok 176
...BARD. A Pindaric Ode. l. I. " RUIN seize thee, ruthless King I Confusion on thy banners wait ; Tho' 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 - 1887 - Počet stránok 598
...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 state4."' 1 'In 1757 Gray published The are silent, and those who make out Progress of Poetry and The... | |
 | Francis Richard Charles Grant - 1887 - Počet stránok 216
...occasion, in discussing " The Bard," he acknowledged the extraordinary beauty of the two lines — ' ' Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing They mock the air with idle state." There are probably many critics now who, with a hearty admiration for Gray's exquisite choice of language,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1888 - Počet stránok 608
...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,... | |
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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... 
