 | Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...Mulier, Nornir; ie Parcz. A wond'rous Boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven-hair, Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the sun's departing...Hoder's corse shall smile Flaming on the fun'ral pile. Now my weary lips I close : Leave me, leave me to repose. ODIK. Yet awhile my call obey; Prophetess,... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...fierce embrace compress'd, A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven-hair, Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the sun's departing beam, A a 2 ODIN. Till he on Hoder's corse shall smile, Flaming on the funeral pile. Now my weary lips I... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...fierce embrace comprest, A wond'rous Boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven-hair, Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the sun's departing...Hoder's corse shall smile Flaming on the fun'ral pile. Now my weary lips I close : Leave me, leave me to repose. ODIN. Yet awhile my call obey ; Prophetess,... | |
 | William Herbert - English poetry - 1804 - 248 pages
...answer, king Harald awoke, as from a dream; and made, according to the singular custom of the time, a solemn vow, never to clip or comb his hair, till...should have extended his sway over the whole country. His talents were equal to the arduous task, which he undertook : prudent, steady, and always victorious,... | |
 | William Herbert - Old Norse poetry - 1804 - 772 pages
...Harald awoke^ as from a. dream; and made, according to the singular custom of the time, a solemn vpw, never to clip or comb his hair, till he should have extended his sway over the whole country. His talents were equal to the arduous task, which he undertook : prudent, steady, and always victorious,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...fierce embrace eomprest, A wondrous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven-hair. Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the sun's departing...Hoder's corse shall smile Flaming on the fun'ral pile. Now my weary lips I close; Leave me, leave me to repose. Odin. Yet awhile my call obey; Prophetess... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...fierce embrace comprest, A wond'rous Boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven-hair, Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the sun's departing...Hoder's corse shall smile Flaming on the fun'ral pile. Now my weary lips I close : Leave me, leave me to repose. O. Yet awhile my call obey. Prophetess, awake,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...sickness, old age, or by any other means than in battle : over it presided llela, the goddess of death. Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the Sun's departing...Till he on Hoder's corse shall smile Flaming on the funeral pile. Now my weary lips I close : Leave me, leave me, to repose. O. Yet a while my call obey,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...fierce embrace comprest, A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, 65 Who ne'er sha.ll comb his raven-hair, Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the sun's departing beam, Till he on Hoder's corse shall smile Tlaming on the fun'ral pile. 70 VARIATIONS. Ver. 59, 60. Prophetess, #c.] " Once again my call obey,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...fierce embrace comprest, A wondrous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven-hair. Nor wash his visage in the stream, Nor see the sun's departing...Hoder's corse shall smile Flaming on the fun'ral pile. Now my weary lips I close : Leave me, leave me to repose. O. Yet awhile my call obey. Prophetess, awake,... | |
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Nor wash his visage in the stream. Nor see the sun's departing beam. Till he on Hoder's corse shall smile Flaming on the fun'ral pile. 
