 Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 40by Thomas Gray - 1775 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 384 pages
...the fury of his car, And dropt his thirsty lance at thy command. i Perching on the sceptred hand 20 Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled...plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. 1.3. Thee the voice, the dance, obey,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1853 - 362 pages
...fury of his car, , And dropt his thirsty lance at thy command. Perehing on the sceptred hand ••» Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes and flagging wing: Quench'd in dark elouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. I. 3. Thee the voice, the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - Elegiac poetry, English - 1853 - 200 pages
...from the first Pythian of Pindar. THE PROGRESS OF POESY. 105 Of Jove, thy magic lulls the fcather'd king With ruffled plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. I. 3. Thee the voice, the dance, obey,1... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command : Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled...plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak and lightnings of his eye. I. — 3. Thee the voice, the dance obey,... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 864 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king "With...plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. (a) Give an accurate prose rendering... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command : Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled...plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak and lightnings of his eye. I. — 3. Thee the voice, the dance obey,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled...plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. I. 3. Thee the voice, the dance, obey,2... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1858 - 196 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car, And dropt his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes and llagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes and nagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1859 - 368 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car, And dropt his thirsty lanee at thy command. Perching on the seeptred hand 20 Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled...plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds o£ slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightuings of his eye. 1.3. Thee the voiee, the danee,... | |
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