 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...(• deatk. I. 1. ' TJ UIN seize tbee> ruthless KinsJ t JTV Confusion on thy banners wait; * Tlio' fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, * They mock the air with idle state*. * Helm nor haubeik'st twisted mail, * Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant! shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...ODE VI. THE BARD. PINDARIC ». I. l. ' -LVUIN seize thee, ruthless King! ' Confusion on thy hanners wait, ' Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing ' They mock the air with idle state. ' Helm, nor f Hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...[IBID.] II ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless King ! ' Confusion on thy banners wait ; , • ' Though fan'd by Conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with...idle state. ' Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor ev'n thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, ' From Cambria's... | |
 | 1809 - 402 pages
...ruthless king! ' Confusion on thy banners wait! ' 'I in)' faun'd by conquest's crimson wing, ' They muck the air with idle state! ' Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor even thy virtue*, tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul front nightly i\,n •, ' From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...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...idle state '. Helm, nor hauberk's" twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion ou thy banners wait, Though, fann'd by Conquest's crimson win», 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 from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards that fell into his hands to be put -to death. GRAY. i I. 1. " RUIN seize thee, ruthless King!* Confusion...idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail NOTES. * It is the opening of this poem, that the Ode by Soame... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 498 pages
...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...idle state. ' Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, ' From Cambria's... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...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...idle state. Helm, nor ° hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 358 pages
...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...idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's * twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
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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 from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears... 
