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 call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed. The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, - Page 209by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1835Full view - About this book
| 1809 - 878 pages
...round the armed bands 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 call'd the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a beil. SIR RICHARD STEELE.... | |
| Reuben Percy - 1823 - 442 pages
...round the armed bands Did clasp 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 call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." THE SENSE OF... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable ast, or morrow's next design, But of offence and trouble, w called the Gods, with vulgar spite, To. vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head Down,... | |
| Charles I (King of England) - 1832 - 372 pages
...describes, writes of this scene: • — • " He nothing common 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 bow'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." Ode to Cromwell,... | |
| Charles I (King of England) - 1832 - 372 pages
...what he describes, writes of this scene : — " He nothing common 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 bow'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." Ode to Cromvielt,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 350 pages
...office I Strike as I struck the foe ! Strike as I would Have struck those tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike, — and hut once ! * — Qu. Rev....how'd his comely head Down, as upon a hed." — E.] Defy all codes to image or to name them ; Then, when of Cyprus, now thy subject kingdom, All thine... | |
| George Daniel - 1835 - 366 pages
...Marvel, described the royal martyr to Puritanism: " He nothing common did or 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 bow'd his comely head, Down as upon a bed !" The infidel... | |
| George Daniel - 1835 - 366 pages
...Marvel, described the royal martyr to Puritanism : " He nothing common did or 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 bow'd his comely head, Down as upon a bed !" The infidel... | |
| George Daniel - 1835 - 376 pages
...Marvel, described the royal martyr to Puritanism : " He nothing common did or 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 bow'd his comely head, Down as upon a bed !" The infidel... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 350 pages
...round the armed bands 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 calPd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Dp\vn,... | |
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