 His steps are not upon thy paths, - thy fields Are not a spoil for him, - thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And send'st him, shivering...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt - Page 156by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
 | Fashion - 1868 - 738 pages
...of JEschylian grandeur, but also of jEscnylian gloom : " Thon dost arise And shake him from thce ; the vile strength he wields For earth's destruction...lies His petty hope in some near port or bay, And daahest him again to earth : there let him lay I" Who but this dark spirit, forever wooing the powers... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1839 - 362 pages
...arise' And shake him from thee'; — the vile strength he wields* For earth's destruction', thou doste all DESPISE/, Spurning him' . . . from thy bosom to...dashest him again to earth': — there let him lay'.' The armaments which thunderstrike the walls' Of rock-built cities', bidding nations quake', And monarchs... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - Poets, English - 1839 - 374 pages
...in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! " The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And eend'st him, shivering in thy playful spray, And howling, to his Gods, where haply lies * " A Thought... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans - 1840 - 378 pages
...exults in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! "The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay!" Childe Harold, Canto iv. Stanza CLXXX. In the spring of 1825, Mrs. Hemans, with her mother and sister,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 392 pages
...exults in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! "The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay!" Childe Harold, Canto iv. Stanza CLXXX. In the spring of 1825, Mrs. Hemans, with her mother and sister,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1840 - 368 pages
...exults in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! "The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay!" Childe Harold, Canto iv. Stanza CLXXX. In the spring of 1825, Mrs. Hemans, with her mother and sister,... | |
 | Harriet Mary Browne - 1840 - 302 pages
...exults in its ministry of wrath, and recounts, as with a fierce joy, its dealings with its victim, man ! "The vile strength he wields For earth's destruction,...howling, to his Gods, where haply lies His petty hope in eome near port or bay, And dashest him again to earth: — there let him lay!" Childe Harold, Canto... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...spoil for Aim', — | thou dost\' arise, And shaAe Aim from' thee ; | the vile strength , he wield s, For earth's destruction, | thou dost all despise,,...in thy playful spray, | And howling to his gods', awhere haply lies , His petty hope', | in some near port, or bay,,c | Then dashest him againd to earth'... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unknown. CLXXX. His steps are not upon thy paths, — thy fields Are e fruit. T was thine own genius gave the final blow, hewieldj For earth's destruction thon dost all despise, Spurning him from thy bosom to the skies, And... | |
 | P. Sadler - 1841 - 362 pages
...les adjectifs pour leur donner un sens negatif. His steps are not upon thy paths — thy fields Are not a spoil for him — thou dost arise And shake him from thee; the vile strengths he wields Por earth's destruction thou dost all despise, Spurning (1) him from thy bosom... | |
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