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" Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods. "
The Works of John Dryden: In Verse and Prose, with a Life - Page 144
by John Dryden - 1837
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 41-42

John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...hattle were slain, And unhury'd remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian ahodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king seiz'da...
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The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 2

George Campbell - English language - 1801 - 404 pages
...from their cy'es ! Behold how they t6ss their tdrches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The...applaud with a furious joy ; And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destr6y So much for the power of numbers. It may not be amiss now, ere I conclude...
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The Port Folio, Volume 3

Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 566 pages
...from their eyes. Behold how they toss their torches on high! How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The...applaud with a furious joy ; And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thai's led the way To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen,...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...battle were slain, And unbury'd remain Inglorious- on the plain: Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile godsT The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser, Volume 37

1802 - 570 pages
...battle were slain, And unburied remain, Inglorious on the plain. Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold, how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods !" ' This passage is thus translated by an anonymous...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...: Behold how they toss their torches OB high, How they point to the Persian ahodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods ! The Princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seiz'da flamhean, with zeal to destroy . Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen,...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...r Behold how they toss their torches on high , How they point to the Persian abodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods ! The Princes applaud , with a furious joy : And the King s«iz'da flambeaux , with zeal te destroy ; Thais led the way , To-light him to his prey , • And...
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The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to ...

David Humphreys - United States - 1804 - 440 pages
...battle were slain. Whose bodies remain Unburied on the plain r Give the vengeance due, To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud with a furious joy, And each...
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high ! How they point to the persian abodes ! And glittering temples of their hostile Gods ! The...applaud with a furious joy ; And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy. Thaïs led the way To light him to his prey, Mais sur un ton plus haut...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...battle were slain, And unbury'd remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew : Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And...
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