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" 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. "
A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands - Page 385
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Palgrave's Golden Treasury

1908 - 376 pages
...Has 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...plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. The Progress of Poesy 143 Thee the voice,...
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The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics, with Notes

English poetry - 1908 - 464 pages
...Has 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: 15 Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. Thee the...
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The Book of Georgian Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite - English poetry - 1909 - 1334 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. Thee the voice, the dance, obey, Temper'd...
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English Poetry: With Introductions, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 40

American poetry - 1910 - 506 pages
...Has 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...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...
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Lyrical Forms in English

Norman Hepple - English poetry - 1911 - 306 pages
...Has 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...plumes, and flagging wing: Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye. 3 Thee the voice, the dance, obey, Tempered...
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The English Parnassus: An Anthology, Chiefly of Longer Poems

William Macneile Dixon - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...the fury of his car, And drop'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the scept'red 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 light'nings of his eye. I 3 Thee the voice, the dance, obey,...
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Selected Lyrics from Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper, and Burns

Charles Swain Thomas - English poetry - 1913 - 104 pages
...curb'd the fury of his car And dropt his thirsty lance at thy command. 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. I. 3. Epode Thee the voice, the dance,...
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English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892)

John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the scept'red hand 20 916 : Quench 'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and light 'nings of his eye. THE...
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - English poetry - 1918 - 1120 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 '...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...
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Comus: & Lycidas

John Milton - 1919 - 276 pages
...Zeus was charmed to rest by music ; cf. Gray, The Progress of Poesy, I. i : " 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 light'ning of his eye." The raven is chosen as symbolising...
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