 He fell, the forest-prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger, dared depart, In savage grandeur, home. He dared depart in utter scorn Of men that such a yoke...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 432edited by - 1814Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1876 - 564 pages
...choice is most ignobly .brave ! He who of old would rend the oak, . .""_ Dreamed not of the rebound ; Thou, in the sternness of thy strength, An equal deed...length, And darker fate hast found ; He fell, the forest prowler's prey : But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his burning heart, Was slaked... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...a prince, or live a slave, — Thy choice is most ignobly brave ! He who of old would rend the oak Dreamed not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk...forest-prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger, dared depart,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...a prince, or live a slave, — Thy choice is most ignobly brave ! He who of old would rend the oak Dreamed not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk...forest-prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger, dared depart,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1880 - 630 pages
...the oak," Dream'd not of the rehound ; Chain' d hy the trunk he vainly hroke — Alone— how look'd he round ! Thou, in the sternness of thy strength,...length, And darker fate hast found : He fell, the forest prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, t when his hurning heart Was... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1881 - 338 pages
...the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound ; Chain'd by the trunk he vainly broke — Alone — how look'd he round ? Thou in the sternness of thy strength An...length, And darker fate hast found ; He fell, the forest prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1881 - 326 pages
...rend the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound ; Chain'd by the trunk he vainly brokeAlone — how look'd he round ? Thou in the sternness of thy strength An...length, And darker fate hast found ; He fell, the forest prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 342 pages
...the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound ; Chain'd by the trunk he vainly broke — Alone — how look'd he round ? Thou in the sternness of thy strength An...equal deed hast done at length, And darker fate hast fonnd ; He fell, the forest prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 800 pages
...rend the oak,* Dream'd not of the rebound ; Chain'd by the trunk he vainly brokeAlone— how look'd ; The like control. — But to resume : I loved, and was beloved has done at length, And darker fate has found : He fell, the forest prowlers' prey ; But thou must... | |
 | Scotland - 1882 - 858 pages
...turning his back upon himself." Then he is compared to Milo— " He who of old would rend the oak, Dreamed not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk...he vainly broke — Alone — how looked he round?" A most uncomfortable position for circumspection, doubtless, but vilely expressed, and very little... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...prince — or live a slave — Thy choice is niost ignobly brave ! He who of old would rend the oak, Dreamed not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk...forest-prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger — dared... | |
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