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" Now strike the golden lyre again, A louder yet, and yet a louder strain. Break his bands of sleep asunder, And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed, he stares... "
History of English Literature - Page 43
by Hippolyte Taine - 1871
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The Tourist in Europe: Or, A Concise Summary of the Various Routes, Objects ...

George Palmer Putnam, Author of An introduction and index to general history - Book industries and trade - 1838 - 302 pages
...preferable to the long tin horns of the English ' guards,' which are indeed enough to - — -"break the bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder Hark, hark ! the horrid sound ; He raises hie head as if waked from the dead, And amazed he stares around '." and for the numerous...
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Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed ...

Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...a turnpike-gate—in short, to Break his hours of sleep asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peel of thunder. Hark ! hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head, has awoked from the dead, And amazed he stares around! The gala turn-out of our mail-coaches on the...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 13

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1839 - 614 pages
...possessed one with the idea that he was a personification of the god himself: 'Now strike the golden lyre again, A louder yet, and yet a louder strain...asunder, And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder !' Wo be to any one that offered him insult, at this impassioned moment ! Wo be to any one that approached...
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An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners

Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...and wine at once oppressed', The vanquished victor' .... sunk upon her breast*. Now strike the golden lyre again* ; A louder yet', and yet a louder strain* : Break his bands ofsleep asunder*, And rouse him', like a rattling peal of thunder*. Hark* ! hark* 1 the horrid sound'...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...love and wine at once oppress'd, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast. Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain....Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise : See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their...
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A new English grammar

Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pages
...and wine at onee oppress'il, The vanquish'd victor sunk upon her breast. VI. Now strike the golden lyre again . A louder yet, and yet a louder strain...Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise : See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their...
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Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c: Delivered at the Royal ...

James Montgomery - Literature - 1840 - 340 pages
...cries of alarm and consternation excited by the bacchanal orgies described. " Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain...! revenge ! Timotheus cries ; See the furies arise : See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in the air, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes....
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Literary Leaves, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...breast. The variation of the time in the following passage is extremely happy. Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain...horrid sound Has raised up his head, As awaked from his dead, And amazed he stares around ! Dryden seems to have particularly enjoyed the effect of representative...
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Literary Leaves; Or, Prose and Verse Chiefly Written in India, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 352 pages
...breast. The variation of the time in the following passage is extremely happy. Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain;...hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head, As awukedj'rom his dead, And amazed he stares around! Dryden seems to have particularly enjoyed the effect...
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Literary Leaves; Or, Prose and Verse Chiefly Written in India, Volume 1

David Lester Richardson - English literature - 1840 - 376 pages
...brvait. The variation of the time in the following passage is extremely happy. Now strike the golden lyre again : A louder yet, and yet a louder strain...hark, the horrid sound Has raised up his head, As mcakedj'rom his dead, And amazed he stares around ! Dryden seems to have particularly enjoyed the effect...
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