Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe ! Strike as I would Have struck those tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! [ The DOGE throws himself upon his knees, and as the Executioner raises his sword the scene closes. The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, - Page 211by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1835Full view - About this book
| Author of The young man's own book - 1836 - 336 pages
...of the waters ! thou sea Sodom! Thus I devote thee to the infernal gods! Thee and thy serpent seed ! Slave, do thine office ; Strike as I struck the foe...tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once! BYRoN. TO AUTUMN. SEASoN of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1837 - 286 pages
...; of his young and despairing wife, and of the outcry of the impatient multitude at the gate — " Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe...tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ; Strike — and but once ! " A few moments elapsed, and I was within the Grand Council Chamber, upon the immense walls... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...and thy serpent-seed! (4) [Here Ike Doce turns and addresses the Executioner. Slave, do thine ullice! Strike as I struck the foe! Strike as I would Have...those tyrants! Strike deep as my curse! Strike — and but once! [ The DOGE throws himself upon his knees, and as the Executioner raises his sicord the scene... | |
| Eliza Leslie - 1838 - 288 pages
...us at their summit, the ill-fated Marino Faliero, addressing his executioner in the thrilling words, Slave, do thine office; Strike as I struck the foe!...as I would Have struck those tyrants! — Strike— and but once. " Oh! noble, indeed, is the literature of England — and fortunate for America, is our... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...Sodom! (3) Thus 1 devote thee to the infernal gods! Thee and thy serpent-seed! (4) [Here Me DOGE turns taly! Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of...decree ; Even in thy desert, what is like to thee ? Th iny curse! Strike — and but once! [ The DOOE throws himtelf upon his knees, and as the Executioner... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...Sodom 1 Thus I devote thee to the infernal gods ! Thee and thy serpent seed ! [Here the DOGE turnt eorge Gordon N." George Gordon N. Byron # M5" rash...— be careful of your life, Live but for those wh If ave struck those tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once'! Г The DOGE throws... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1843 - 576 pages
...Sodom ! Thus I devote thee to the infernal gods ! Thee and thy serpent seed ! [Here the DOGE turns, and addresses the Executioner Slave, do thine office...tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! [T/ie DOGE tltrows himself upon his knees, and as the Executioner raises his sroord the... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pages
...the waters ! thou sea Sodom ! Thus I devote thee to the infernal gods ! Thee and thy serpent seed ! Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe...tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! " — p. 162 — 165. It will not now be difficult to estimate the character of this work.... | |
| James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - 374 pages
...waters ! thou sea Sodom ! Thus I devote thee to the infernal gods ! Thee and thy serpent seed ! [To the executioner.] Slave, do thine office ! Strike...tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! " 5. Indignation and Threatening. Gabriel, [to Satan.] " Avaunt ! Fly thither whence thou... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...infernal gods ! Thee and thy serpent-seed ! (3) [Here the DOGE turn» and addresses the Execution er. Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe...tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse! Strike — and but once! [The DOGE throws himself upon hit knees, and at the executioner raises his sword the scenes... | |
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