 An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying king, Princes, the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, - mud from a muddy spring, Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like to their fainting country cling...  The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Page 412by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1910 - 862 pages
...affairs. л sonnet written in 1819 shows with perfect clearness the ferocity of Shelley's temper — An old, mad, blind, despised, and dying King,— Princes,...without a blow. — A people starved and stabbed in the unfilled field, &c. The violence of the language, of course, bore no relation to tho facts. The overcharged... | |
 | 1910 - 848 pages
...the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn, — mud from a muddy spring, — Holers, who neither see nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...without a blow. — A people starved and stabbed In the unfilled field, &c. The violence of the language, of course, bore no relation to the facts. The overcharged... | |
 | Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers, that neither see, nor feel, nor know, But, leech-like,...without a blow, — A people, starved and stabbed in the untitled field,— An army, which libertecide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to those who wield,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Fore-edge painting - 1847 - 578 pages
...the dregs of their dull race, who fluw Through public scorn — mud from a muddy •pring,— Rolen, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...blind in blood, without a blow, — A people starved anil stabbed in the unfilled field. — An army, which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - Literary Collections - 1848 - 372 pages
...dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers, that neither see, nor feel, nor know, But, leech-like,...liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to those who wield, — s Golden and sanguine laws, which tempt and slay, — Religion, Christless, Godless... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1849 - 406 pages
...the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...stabbed in the untilled field, — • An army, which liberticidc and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to all who wield, Golden and sanguine laws which tempt... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 1853 - 434 pages
...dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — rnud from a muddy spring, — Rulers, that neither see, nor feel, nor know, But, leech-like,...liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to those who wield, — Golden and sanguine laws, which tempt and slay, — Religion, Christless, Godless... | |
 | Edward John Trelawny - Greece - 1858 - 328 pages
...the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring,— Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...fainting country cling, Till they drop blind in blood. England in 1819.— SHBLLBY. WHEN I arrived at Leghorn, as I could not immediately go on to Rome, I... | |
 | Edward John Trelawny - Greece - 1858 - 332 pages
...the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring, — Rulers who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...fainting country cling, Till they drop blind in blood. England in 1819. — SHELLEY. WHEN I arrived at Leghorn, as I could not immediately go on to Rome,... | |
 | Art - 1869 - 384 pages
...the dregs of their dull race, who flow Through public scorn — mud from a muddy spring,— Rulers, who neither see, nor feel, nor know, But leech-like...in blood, without a blow, — A people starved and stabb'd in the untill'd field, — An army which liberticide and prey Makes as a two-edged sword to... | |
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