His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heaven and earth defied Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a 'mournful Muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen... Exercises in Reading and Recitation - Page 53by Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 251 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse...By those his former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. With downcast looks the joyless victor sate,... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse...With not a friend to close his eyes. With downcast looks the joyless victor sate, Revolving in his alter'd soul The various turns of fate below ; And,... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...By too severe a fate * " Fall'n, fall'n, fall'n, fall'n, Fall'n from his high estate, And well'ring in his blood : Deserted, at his utmost need, By those...fed ; On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not ft friend to close his eyes. With downcast looks the joyless victor sate, Revolving in his alter'd... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...cheeks, his ardent eyes : And, while he heaven and earth defied, . Chang'd his hand, and check'd his d hands, * suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and...counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a tem Fall'n, falfn, faM'n, fall'n, Fall'n from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted at... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1810 - 312 pages
...earth defy'd, chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful Muse soft pity to infuse: be sung Darius great and good, by too severe a fate^...at his utmost need, by those his former bounty fed : oh the bare earth expos' d he lie!!, with not a friend to close his eyes. With down-cast looks the... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...earth defy'd, chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride, He chose a mournful Muse soft pity to infuse: be sung Darius great and good, by too severe a fate^...at his utmost need, by those his former bounty fed: oh the bare earth expos'd he lies, with not a friend to close his eyes. With down-cast looks the joyless... | |
| Abraham Cowley - 1810 - 314 pages
...chose a mournful Muse soft pity to infuse: Le sung Darius great and good, ' • ' by too severe a fatej fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen from his high...at his utmost need, by those his former bounty fed: oil the bare earth expos' d he lies, with not a friend to close his eyes. With down-cast looks the... | |
| Herodotus - 1812 - 478 pages
...glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride; He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse...high estate, And weltering in his blood; Deserted in his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend... | |
| Herodotus - Greece - 1814 - 422 pages
...entreating, that if he had ever made him any acceptable offering125, he would now interpose, and deliver Pie chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse; He sung...high estate, And weltering in his blood; Deserted in his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heaven and earth defy'd, , Chang'd his hand andcheck'd his pride. . He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse...sung Darius, great and good, By too severe a fate, Fall'n, fall'n, fall'n, fall I), Fall'n, from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood : Deserted... | |
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