 | English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...more our long-lost Arthur we bewail: All-hail, ye genuine kings, Britannia's issue, hail ! III. 2. ' Girt with many a baron bold Sublime their starry fronts...Briton-line ; Her lion-port, her awe-commanding face, Attemper'd sweet to virgin-grace. „, VOfi. III. 1 What strings symphonious tremble in the air ! What... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Presses, Issues of - 1826 - 190 pages
...nation, that King Arthur was III. 2. " Girt with many a baron bold Sublime their starry fronts tliey rear ; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded...Briton-line ; Her lion-port, her awe-commanding face, Attemper'd sweet to virgin-grace. What strings symphonious tremble in the air, What strains of vocal... | |
 | Horace Wellbeloved - London (England) - 1826 - 138 pages
...of pomp and chivalry, when we could fancy ——— Many s baron bold. Sublime their starry front! they rear: And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old, In bearded majesty appear. GHAT. Indeed, in this amusing and instructive exhibition, "Helm and Hauberk's twisted mail" is realized—we... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...From Cambria's thousand hills a thousand strains Triumphant tell aloud, another Arthur reigns. 13. Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear. Ant. iii. I. 1,2. VARIATION. MS. Youthful knights, and barons bold, With dazzling helm, and horrent... | |
 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...wait ! Amazement in his van, with Flight combined ; And Sorrow's faded form, and Solitude behind.' " Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry...proclaims her of the Briton-line ; Her lion-port, her awe commanding face, Attemper'd sweet to virgin-grace. What strings symphonious tremble in the air... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...Swifl. Wherefore darts the mind, With such resistless ardour to embrace Majestic forms. Ahenside. Oi't with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts...dames, and statesmen old, In bearded majesty appear. Gray. MAJESTY is derived from major, Lat. greater, and status, state. The empeior of Austria is called... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...more our long-lost Arthur (2) we bewail. All hail, ye genume kings ! (3) Britannia's issue, hall * rt Chambers diviue ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-line ; Her lion-port, (4) her awe-commanding face, Attempered... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...! No more oar long-lost Arthur* we bewail. All hail, ye genuine kings t Britannia's issue, hail I " Girt with many a baron bold Sublime their starry fronts...they rear ; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old, ID bearded majesty, appear. In the midst a form divine ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-line ;... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1835 - 342 pages
...revival of the Bards, it also must be remarked, is sufficiently noticed in the preceding stanza : " What strings symphonious tremble in the air, What strains of vocal transport round her play !" Gray in a letter addressed to Mr. Mason says, speaking of this poem : " I am well aware of many... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1835 - 330 pages
...sweeping whirlwind's sway, Sublime their stany fronts they rear, With dazzling helm, and horrent spear, And gorgeous Dames, and Statesmen old, In bearded...divine, Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-Line ; Her her A Lyon-port, an awe-commanding face, Attemper'd sweet to virgin-grace. What strings symphonious... | |
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Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear. 
