 | John William Donaldson - 1838 - 140 pages
...to the glittering abodes And 'temples of their hostile Gods! The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy:...way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen she fired another Troy. •usual.happy vein, by Coleridge, in a couplet entitled " The Homeric Hexameter... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pages
...glittering temples of the 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." Metrical Romances. A free and easy species of verse, which may be called the lyrical... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...gods* ! The princes applaud with a furious joy', And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy* t Thais' . . led the way', To light him to his prey*; And', like another Helen', fired another Troy*. Thus', long ago', Ere heaving bellows' . . learned to blow', While organs yet... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1839 - 884 pages
...730. Tlie princes applaud with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to dustroy ; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, tireii another Troy. JJrydeii, A/a: Featf, 110. Persia ; it was a favourite residence of Cyrus, because... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 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. VII. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 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. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud, with a furious joy; him down. See, there he drives along! Th' ascending...the nets, and cut off his retreat !nto the shelte And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And,... | |
 | 1842 - 602 pages
...their hostile gods! — The princes applaud with a furious joy, •• And the King seized a flambean with zeal to destroy: Thais led the way To light him...prey, And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. But it was not only as a poet that Dryden excelled; his prefaces and dedications may be generally quoted... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1842 - 380 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...light him to his prey*; And', like another Helen', fired another Troy*. Thus', long ago', Ere heaving bellows' . . learned to blow', While organs yet... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods. The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; own conviction : first and last firM another Troy CHORUS. And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way,... | |
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