| British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and jndge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...The shrill matin-song Of birda on every bough. T. Warton. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy nt I had sene in writing, Under support of hem that lust it rede. O little boke ! store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...7The shrill matin-song Of birds on every bough. T. Warton. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, 120 With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 364 pages
...I. to exhibit those splendid scenes in England, which had already glittered on the continent, "• Where throngs of knights and barons bold " In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, " With store of ladies, whose bright eyes " Rain influence, and judge the prize :* • Among the articles... | |
| English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold. In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...bed they creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| John Mason Good - Natural history - 1826 - 454 pages
...is the sentimentalism of gallantry, caparisoned for action, and impatient to enter the burning list, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With stores of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize. This extravagant passion had... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1828 - 364 pages
...Whitaker has observed, cannot but lay strong hold on the imagination, and carry it back to the scenes Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold. * Hist. of Craven, p. 279. " Item, one kyrtle of cremesyn velvett, lyned with whyte sarsenet, and a... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...to bed we creep, By whisp"ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, ^nd the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
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