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" The princes applaud with a furious joy: And the King seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy... "
Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces - Page 6
edited by - 1821 - 807 pages
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 25

British poets - 1822 - 292 pages
...glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud with a furious joy, And theKing seized a flambeau ,with zeal to destroy : Thais led the way,...To light him to his prey ; And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. CHORUS. And the King seized a flambeau, with zeal to Thais led the way, [destroy...
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The Speaker: Or Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1823 - 402 pages
...abodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods ! — The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the King seiz'da flambeau, with zeal to destroy...another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learu'd to blow. While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre,...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 17

1823 - 874 pages
...temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud with a furious joy •, And the king seiz'daflambeau, with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, she fir'd another Troy. Chor. And the king seiz'cl, &c. Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learnt to...
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The Beauties of Modern Literature, in Verse and Prose: To which is Prefixed ...

Martin MacDermot - 1824 - 602 pages
...glittering temples of their hostile gods : The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king sciz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy. Thais led the way, To light him to his prey ; And like another Helen fired another Troy. The love-sick bard can never awaken such a flame, because, as we have already observed,...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 1-2

British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy : Thais led the way,...To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. CHORUS. And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to Thais led the way, [destroy...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1825 - 382 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seiz'da flambeau, with zeal to destroy...another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows lea-n'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre,...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The prinees applaud, with a furious joy ; ernal providenee, And justify the ways of God to men....Heav'n hides nothing from thy view, N'or the deep tr tir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows leam'd to blow, While organs yet were mute...
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Essay on Language

William Samuel Cardell - 1825 - 278 pages
...himself, or the servant lights him to his room ; which means, to carry the sensible light before him. " Thais led the way, to light him to his prey '. And, like an other Helen, fired an other Troy." « Enlighten our hearts ;" cause the " candle of the Lord j"...
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The elementary elocutionist: a selection of pieces in prose and verse, by J ...

John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods !— The princes applaud, with a furious joy; And the King seiz'da flambeau, with zeal to destroy;...To light him to his prey ! And, like another Helen fir'd—another Troy ! Thus long ago, , - i • .. . , Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, ; . t While...
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The Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...the King sciz'da flambeau, with zeal to destroy; Tli.'iis led the way, To light him to his prey, Aud, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows Icarn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre,...
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