 | 1809 - 878 pages
...entitled, " An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland." While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean,...But with his keener eye, The axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down as... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 pages
...entitled] " An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland." While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean,...Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye, The'axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spitf To vindicate his helpless right, But... | |
 | English literature - 1834 - 566 pages
...the " Royal Actor," for so he also styles him, even in addressing Cronlwell. Marvel speaks : — " He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable...scene; But, with his keener eye, The axe's edge did trye. Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, t To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely... | |
 | 1838 - 504 pages
...as a poet. Speaking of the death of Charles I., he says, — " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands : He nothing common did, or mean,...scene ; But with his keener eye, The axe's edge did trye : Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helplesse right ; l'ii! bow'd his comely... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 432 pages
...patriot, Andrew Marvell, in an Ode to Cromwell. Alluding to the execution of the monarch, he says : — " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody...But, with his keener eye, The axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head THE... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 436 pages
...patriot, Andrew Marvell, in an Ode to Cromwell. Alluding to the execution of the monarch, he says :— " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody...nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene; The axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn. While round the armed bands Did clap ve dream'd, If dream'd , not as I oft am wont, of...mine ear one call'd me forth to walk With gentle This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the forced power ; So when they did design The Capitol's... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - Poets, English - 1832 - 346 pages
...quote Andrew Marvell's magnificent lines on Charles I. : •— " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean,...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Do\vn,... | |
 | Charles I (King of England) - Great Britain - 1832 - 372 pages
...have witnessed what he describes, writes of this scene : — " He nothing common did nor mean After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bow'd his comely head Down... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorne, While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody hands : He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene; But with his keener ege, The axe's edge did trge. Nor calfd the Gods with vulgar spight, To vindicate his helplessc right... | |
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He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. 
