 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 comely head, Down as upon a bed.  The Eclectic Review - Page 2531840Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...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 comely head Down, as upon a bed.' Charles had moreover availed himself with desperate dexterity of the opportunity of standing forth... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - English poetry - 1870 - 466 pages
...Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; 60 Nor called the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. — This was that memorable hour 65 Which first assured the forced power : So when they did design... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - London (England) - 1871 - 460 pages
...After 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 comely head Down, as upon a bed." Charles was attended to the scaffold by Bishop Juxon and by two of the gentlemen of his bedchamber,... | |
 | Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 pages
...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 comely head Down, as upon a bed. On his death the office of King was abolished, and the government of England became a Republic. CHIEF... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1873 - 486 pages
...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 comely head Down as upon a bed." When will a court-poet write such verses upon a freeman? After a "sullen interval" on the part of Cromwell... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - English essays - 1874 - 496 pages
...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 comely head Down as upon a bed. " When will a court-poet write such verses upon a freeman? After a "sullen interval" on the part of... | |
 | George Fyler Townesend - 1874 - 236 pages
...the scaffold not to approach too near the axe, lest he should touch its edge. " Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed."* Such is the final record of events intimately connected with the famous siege of Colchester, the chief... | |
 | England - 1875 - 786 pages
...mean Upon the 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 comely head Down as upon a bed." But these verses form no part of a professed elegy. They occur in an ode in honour of Cromwell. Cromwell,... | |
 | 1875 - 844 pages
...mean Upon the 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 comely head Down as upon a bed. But these verses form no part of a professed elegy. They occur in an ode in honour of Cromwell. Cromwell,... | |
 | Scotland - 1875 - 780 pages
...mean Upon the 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 comely head Down as upon abed.*' But these verses form no part of a professed elegy. They occur in an ode in honour of Cromwell.... | |
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