 | John Dryden - Fables - 1713 - 614 pages
...all his Foes ; and thrice he The Matter faw the Madnefs rife ; His glowing Cheeks, his ardent Eyes ; And while He Heav'n and Earth defy'd, Chang'd his Hand, and check'd his Pride, He chofe a Mournful Mufe Soft Pity to infufe: He fung 'Darius Great and Good, By too fevere a Fate, Fallen,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...and thrice he slew The master saw the madness rise; [the slain. His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his...pride, He chose a mournful muse. Soft pity to infuse: Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head, As awak'd from the dead, And amaz'd, he stares... | |
 | English periodicals - 1781 - 512 pages
...flain. The BEAUTIES OF POETRY. 451 The mafter faw the madnefs rife, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes, And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chofe a mournful Mufe, Soft Pity to infufe : He fung, ' Darius, great and good ! 'By too fevexe a fate,... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...thrice he flew the fl'ain. 4*' The mafter faw the madnefs rife, His glovving cheeks, his ardent eyes, And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pide. He chofe a mournful Mufe, Soft Pity to infufe : He fung, ' Darius, great and good ! ' By too... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...and thrice he flew theflain, The mafler faw the madnefs rife ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while he heav'n and earth defy'd Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chof? a mournful mufe Soft pity to infufe : He fung Darius great and good^ By too fevere a fate, Fall'n,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1789 - 416 pages
...allhisfoes,and thrice he flewthe flail. The mafter faw the madnefs rife ; His glowing crieeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand and check'd his pride. — He chofe a mournful mufe, Soft pity to infufe : He fung Darius, great and good, By too fevere a fate,... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1790 - 346 pages
...and thrice he flew the flain. The mafter faw the madnefs rife, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chofe a mournful mufe, Soft pity to infufe: He fung Darius, great and good! By too fevere a fate Fall'n,... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - Literature - 1791 - 472 pages
...and thrice he flew the flain. The mafter faw the madnefs rife, His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes, And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chofe a mournful Mufe, Soft pity to infufe : He fung Darius, great and good! By too fevere a fate Fallen,... | |
 | 1795 - 848 pages
...tbrix •'< flew the ¡'..un. The matter faw the madnefs rife, His glowing cheek;, hie ardent eyes ; And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. A mufician in Denmark, by the fame arc,etnr king lr id u- even to the (hiking of all biifr«?1 about... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...thrice lie flew the flain. The mafter faw the madnefs rife ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while he heav'n and earth defy'd, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chofe a mournful mufe Soft pity to iufufe : He fung Darius great and good, By too fevere a fate, Fallen,... | |
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Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain... 
