 | Sir Edward Cust - England - 1867 - 344 pages
...from the works of Andrew Marvel : — " He nothing common did nor mean After that memorable scene j But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor...helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as it were, upon a bed." It may surprise some to find Charles the First included among the Warriors of... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; 60 Nor called the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate...right; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. — This was that memorable hour 65 Which first assured the forced power: So when they did design The... | |
 | William Hennessey Marah - Clergy - 1869 - 276 pages
...did nor mean After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless...right ; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed.' (Ode to Cromwell on his return from Ireland.) CHAPTER VI. The Restoration. — Dr. Juxon, Archbishop.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1869 - 822 pages
...memorable scene, Bat with his keener eye The axc's edge did try -, Nor cnll'd the gods with vulgar spito To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. Some of his later verses are tinged with a sort of despair of the Stuart dynasty, as, for instance,... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 pages
...subtile fears with hope. He wove a net of such a scope That Charles himself might chase To Carisbrook's narrow case, That thence the royal actor borne, The...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. .This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the forced power ; So, when they did design The... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 220 pages
...subtile fears with hope, He wove a net of such a scope That Charles himself might chase To Carisbrook's narrow case, That thence the royal actor borne, The...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the forced power ; So, when they did design The capitol's... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 pages
...chase To Carisbrook's narrow case, That thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might ndorn, While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the forced power ; So, when they did design The capitol's... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 218 pages
...To Carisbrook's narrow case, That thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn, j While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the forced power ; So, when they did design The capitol's... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...cheerfully as he was wont to tread the floor of the same hall on a mask night : ' He nothing common did, nor mean Upon that memorable scene : But with his keener...right; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.' Charles had moreover availed himself with desperate dexterity of the opportunity of standing forth... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...common did or mean Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; 60 Nor called the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate...right; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. —This was that memorable hour 65 Which first assured the forced power : So when they did design A... | |
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Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a... 
