 That thence the Royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While 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,...  Littell's Living Age - Pagina 2861868Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1809 - 878 pagine
...Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland." While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable...helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a beil. SIR RICHARD STEELE. To the anecdotes which Johnson mentions in his life of Savage, respecting... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 pagine
...Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland." While 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 spitf To vindicate his helpless right, But... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pagine
...the " Royal Actor," for so he also styles him, even in addressing Cronlwell. Marvel speaks : — " He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable...scene; But, with his keener eye, The axe's edge did trye. Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, t To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely... | |
 | 1838 - 504 pagine
...of the death of Charles I., he says, — " While 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 trye : Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helplesse right ; l'ii! bow'd his comely... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 442 pagine
...execution of the monarch, he says : — " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable...right, But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." THE SENSE OF THE NATION. IN the year 1710, a pamphlet of ninety-one pages was published, entitled "... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 432 pagine
...execution of the monarch, he says : — " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable...vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head THE SENSE OF THE NATION. IN the year 1710, a pamphlet of ninety-one pages was published, entitled "... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 436 pagine
...armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene; The axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods, with...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But, with his keener eye, Down as upon a bed." But bow'd his comely head THE SENSE OF THE NATION. IN the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagine
...actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn. While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, 'd , not as I oft am wont, of thee, Works of day past,...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 pagine
...have witnessed what he describes, writes of this scene : — " He nothing common did nor mean After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The...right; But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." Ode to Cromvielt, an his Return from Ireland1 History of the Commonwealth, vol. ii. 692. MEMOIR OF... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1832 - 346 pagine
...magnificent lines on Charles I. : •— " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable...axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Do\vn, as upon a bed." — E.] Defy... | |
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