 | John Milton - 1753 - 418 pages
...their ferpent wings. O yet a nobler tafk awaits thy hand, 4 * (For what can war, but endlefs war flill breed?, Till truth and right from violence be freed, . And public faith clear'd from the ihameful brand Of public fraud. In vain doth valor bleed, While avarice and rapin... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...later than Milton. O yet a nobler taflc awaits thy hand, 9 (For what can war, but endlefs war ftill breed?) Till truth and right from violence be freed, And public faith clear'd from the fhameful brand Of public fraud. In vain doth valour bleed, While avarice and rapin... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...VOL, I. Xx Fletcher, O yet a nobler tafk awaits thy hand, (For what can war, but endlefs war ftill breed ?) Till truth and right from violence be freed, And public faith clear'd from the fhameful brand Of public fraud. In vain doth valour bleed, While avarice and rapin... | |
 | Samuel Parr - Clergy - 1792 - 244 pages
...point them out by name. O yet a nobler tafk awaits your hand, (For what can war but endlefs war ftill breed ?) Till truth and right from violence be freed, And public faith clear'd from the lhameful brand Of public fraud. Upon the firft perufal of Mr. Burke's book, I felt,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...imp their ferpent wings. O yet a uobkr talk awaits thy hand, (For what can war, but endlefs war {till breed ? ) Till truth and right from violence be freed, And public faith clear'd from the (hameful brand Of public fraud. In vtin doth Valor bleed, While Avarice and Rapine... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...raise Their Hydra heads, and the false North display; Her broken league to imp their serpent wings. O yet a nobler task awaits thy hand, (For what can...and right from violence be freed, And public faith clear'd from the shameful brand Of public fraud. In vain doth Valor bked, While Avarice and Rapine... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...raise Their Hydra heads, and the false North displays Her broken league to imp their serpent-wings. O yet a nobler task awaits thy hand, (For what can...breed ?) Till truth and right from violence be freed, XI. TO THK LORD GENERAL CROMWELL. . out chief of men, who through a cloud of war only, but detractions... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...raise Their Hydra heads, and the false North displays Her broken league to imp their serpent-wings. O yet a nobler task awaits thy hand, (For what can...breed?) Till truth and right from violence be freed, XL TO THE LORD GENERAL CROMWELL. C ROM WELL our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...broken league to imp their serpent-wings. Oyeta nobler task awaits thy hand, ( For what can war,b«t endless war still breed ? ) Till truth and right from violence be freed, And public faith clearM from the shameful brand Of public fraud. In vain doth valour bleed, While avarice and rapine... | |
 | France - 1811 - 662 pages
...point them out by name. O yet a nobler talk awaits your hand, (For what can war but endlefs war ftill breed ?) Till truth and right from violence be freed, And public faith clear'd from the mameful brand Of public fraud. Upon the firft perufal of Mr. Burke's book, I felt,... | |
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O yet a nobler task awaits thy hand (For what can war but endless war still breed?) Till truth and right from violence be freed, And public faith cleared from the shameful brand Of public fraud. In vain doth Valour bleed, While Avarice and Rapine share... 
