 | Eliot Warburton - Great Britain - 1849 - 620 pages
..." While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands : He nothing common did, or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." 1 1 Aubrey de Vere, in poetry worthy of the time and the VOL. III. DD I have not spoken of the King's... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1907 - 678 pages
...Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland,' would not have penned these pathetic Unes : — He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed. Such evidence as this, to which more might be added, is... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1893 - 642 pages
...are« among the gems of English poetry :— He nothing common did nor mean Upon that memorable tcene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor...right, But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. It was not an obvious thought that a stanza of four linee would match a three-line stanza. If we count... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1850 - 770 pages
...CABEW'S Survey of ConueaB. Charles the First. " 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 called the gods with vulgar Bpight To vindicate his helpless right ! But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." A x I>H i \\... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Literary Criticism - 1850 - 326 pages
...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 : JVbr called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ! But bowed his comely head.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Literary Criticism - 1850 - 324 pages
...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: Abr calif d the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right! But bowed his comely head,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...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...right; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. And he who wrote this was Cromwell's Latin Secretary ! and Cromwell's other Latin Secretary was Milton... | |
 | Edward Parry - 1851 - 532 pages
..." While round, the aimed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean Upon the memorable scene : But with his keener eye The axe's...right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." OLIVER CROMWELL, although not a royal person, may in some respects be looked upon as such. During the... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1851 - 768 pages
...Survey of Conuraii. Charles the First " WHILE round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; Ho nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene...axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right ! But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." ANDREW MARVELL.... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anecdotes - 1851 - 768 pages
...memorable scene ; But with his keener eye, The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right ! But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." ANDREW MARVELL. " To a dull contentment being bred." WITHER. " You that seek to turn all flowers, By your breath's... | |
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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 called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his... 
