 These are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 4651802Full view - About this book
 | Charles Astor Bristed - 1852 - 470 pages
...ghosts that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance <lue To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches...on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods !" The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the King seiz'da... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...And the sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Behold a ghastly band, Each a torch in his hand ! Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And...abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods! The princes applaud, with a furious joy; And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...432 ALEXANDER'S FEAST, OR THE POWER OF MUSIC. Behold a ghastly band, Each a torch in his hand ! Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And...abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud, with a furious joy; And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...sparkles that flash from their eyes ! Behold a grisly band, x Each a torch in his hand ! These are the Grecian ghosts that in battle were slain, And unburied...on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king seiz'da... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...ghosts, that in battle were slain, And, unburied, remain, Inglorious on the plain. Give the vengeance dua To the valiant crew. Behold, how they toss their torches...abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy I Thais... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain ; Give the vengeance due To thu valiant crew : Behold how they toss their torches...on high ! How they point to the Persian abodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods ! The Princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seiz'da... | |
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - History - 1995 - 302 pages
...in mano, nell'intento di dare fuoco a Persepoli per vendicare i Greci caduti nelle guerre persiane: «Behold how they toss their Torches on high, / How they point to thè Persian Abodes, / And glitt'ring Temples of their Hostile Gods! / The Princes applaud, with a... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 2003 - 1024 pages
...Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And, unburied, remain Inglorious on the plain: 140 Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold...abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud, with a furious joy, And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy;0 Thais... | |
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