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The history of English poetry. To which are prefixed, three dissertations ... - Page 195
by Thomas Warton - 1840
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 1-2

Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pages
...hued: In his right bund a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...therewithal He razed towns, and threw down towers and all : Citing he sacked, and realms (that whilom floworad In honour, glory, and rale, above the rest) He...
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Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an ..., Volume 1

George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...hued : In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...rest) He overwhelm'd, and all their fame devour'd, Consumed, destroy'd, wasted, and never ceased, Till he their wealth, their name, and all oppress'd...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) 390 Faiiune and fire he held, and therewithal He razed towns, and threw down towers and all. Cities he saek'd, and realms (that whilom flowcr'd In honour, glory, and rule, above the best) Ho overwhelm'd,...
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The American Library of Art, Literature and Song, Volume 5

1886 - 548 pages
...hued ; In his right hand a naked sword he had That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left — that kings and kingdoms rued — Famine...razed towns, and threw down towers and all. Cities he sacked, and realms that whilom flowered In honor, glory and rule above the rest He overwhelmed, and...
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American Anthropologist, Volume 4

1891 - 432 pages
...hued ; In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilt was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued), Famine and...razed towns, and threw down towers and all. Cities he sacked, and realms that whilom flowed In honor, glory, and rule above the best, He overwhelmed, and...
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Soldiering in India

Robert George Hobbes - 1893 - 594 pages
...blackly hued, In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilt was all with blood imbrued, And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...razed towns, and threw down towers and all. Cities he sacked, and realms (that whilom flowered In honour, glory, and rule above the rest) He overwhelm'd...
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The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three ..., Volume 1

Henry Coppée - 1893 - 560 pages
...hued ; In his right hand a naked sword he had That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left — that kings and kingdoms rued — Famine...razed towns, and threw down towers and all. Cities he sacked, and realms that whilom flowered In honor, glory and rule above the rest He overwhelmed, and...
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Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious ..., Volume 1873

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms raedi Famine and fire he held, and therewithal He razed...rest) He overwhelm'd, and all their fame devour'd, Consumed, destroy'd, wasted, and never ceased Till he their wealth, their name, and all op press'd...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical ..., Volume 20

John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 532 pages
...hued ; In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood imbrued ; And in his left (that kings and kingdoms rued) Famine and...razed towns, and threw down towers and all. Cities he sacked, and realms (that whilom flowered In honor, glory, and rule above the rest) He overwhelmed,...
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The Spencer Anthology: 1548-1591 A. D.

Edward Arber - 1899 - 336 pages
...hued. In his right hand a naked sword he had, That to the hilts was all with blood embrued: And in his left, that Kings and kingdoms rued, Famine and...therewithal He razed towns, and threw down towers and all. 90 Cities he sacked ; and realms that whilom flowered In honour, glory, and rule, above the best, He...
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