 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
 | English poetry - 1863 - 982 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car And dro.pt 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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 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 flagging wing: quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie the terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. 334 Thee the voice, the dance, obey,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...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. Thee the voice, the dance obey, Temper'd... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 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 - 1866 - 298 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 remember this passage on the eagle... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - Ireland - 1866 - 656 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." f I remember this passage on the eagle... | |
 | George William Frederick Howard Earl of Carlisle - 1866 - 656 pages
...curb'd the fury of hU 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 dnrk clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye." I remember this passage... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1867 - 448 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 lightning of his eye. n.'.e ir.e voUe, the dance obey, Tempcr'd... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1868 - 280 pages
...thirsty lance at thy command : Perching on the sceptred hand ' Of Jove, thy magic lulls the featherfd king With ruffled plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak and lightnings dŁ his eye. i. — s. Thee the voice, the dance... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1870 - 644 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command : Perching on the scepterM 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 terrour of his beak, and lightning of his eye.3 Thee the voice, the dance, obey, TempeHd... | |
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