 Then thrice around the kindled piles they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so) ; Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led; And thrice, with loud laments, they hail the dead. Tears, trickling down their breasts, bedew the ground, And drums and...  The Lives of the Twelve Caesars - Page 3by Elisa Rogers - 1811Full view - About this book
 | England - 1832 - 1102 pages
...kindled piles they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so). Thrice liorse and foot about the fires are led, And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears trickling down their breasts bedew the ground ; And drums and trumpet) mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze, their pious... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 404 pages
...kindled piles they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so) : Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led ; And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears, trickling down their breasts, bedew the ground ; And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. * Amid the blaze, their... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 pages
...kindled piles they go; (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so ;) Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led ; And thrice, with loud laments, they hail the dead. . Tears, trickling down their breasts, bedew the And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze, their pious brethren... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...kindled piles they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so) : Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led; And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears trickling down their breasts bedew the ground ; And drum s and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze, their... | |
 | Virgil - 1830 - 370 pages
...they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so) : Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led ; 290 And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears, trickling down their breasts, bedew the ground ; And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze their pious... | |
 | Scotland - 1832 - 1042 pages
...kindled piles they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so). Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led, And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears trickling down their breasts bedew the ground ; And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze, their pious... | |
 | Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1834 - 340 pages
...they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so) : Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led ; 290 And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears, trickling down their breasts, bedew the ground ; And drums and trumpets mix the mournful sound. Amid the blaze their pious... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1844 - 536 pages
...kindled piles they go, (For ancient custom had ordain'd it So,) Thrice horse and foot ahout the fires are led ; And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears trickling down their hreasts, hedew the ground; And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the hlaze, their pious... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...kindled piles they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so). Thrice horse and foot about the fires are led, And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears trickling down their breasts bedew the ground ; And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze, their pious... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...kindled piles they go (For ancient custom had ordain'd it so). Thrice horse and foot ahout the fires are led, And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead. Tears trickling down their breasts bedew the ground ; And drums and trumpets mix their mournful sound. Amid the blaze, their pious... | |
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