 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 526 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 learned to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 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." CHAPTER XIII. OF EPIC POETRT. Q. What rank does the Epic hold in poetry? A. It... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 904 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 learned to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 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 ! DRYDEN. ARIEL'S SONG. Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...Princes applaud, with a furious joy ; Aiid the king seiz'da flambeau, with zeal to destroy ; Thaïs sound, Over some widc-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air wil i Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, i While organs yet were mute, Timotheus to his... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 pages
...pavilion of Alexander's triumph? Yes: audits remains stand the memorial of his wantonness, hence " Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy." Let us walk to the southern extremity of the eastern colonnade ; an immense mound... | |
 | Leonhard Schmitz - 1844 - 458 pages
...latter, she hides herself from the vengeance of the Trojans. See 11. 571-4. The verses in Dryden's Ode, Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy, probably allude to the incident in the 6th jEneid, but Virgil does not represent... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 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 learned to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1845 - 352 pages
...hostile gods. Earnest Description. 10. 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 ! Energy and Dignity. And, like another Helen, fired — another Troy. Narrative. 11. Thus, long ago,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...The princes applaud, with a furious joy; [stroy: And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to deThais led the way, to light him to his prey; And. like another Helen — fired another Troy. Thus, long ago, ere heaving bellows learned to While organs yet were mute;... | |
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