 Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against...  Classical examination papers, ed. by P.J.F. Gantillon - Page 202by Classical examination papers - 1870 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1863 - 830 pages
...Describe with dates, the life, character, and fate of Miltiades. 3. " The great Emathian Conqueror did spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower "Went to the ground." State the cause of the massacre alluded to ; the year of its occurrence; and the mode whereby the Conqueror's... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 764 pages
...nation makes war, and consents to shed the blood of its children." You remember Milton's sonnet — " The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of...Pindarus when temple and tower Went to the ground" * Now though the Diisseldorf map-maker may stand in the same relation to the Theban bard, as tho snail,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muse's bower: The great Eiuathiau conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground : And the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare.... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower : The great Emathian conquerour2 bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground : And the repeated3 air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare.... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower : The great Emathian conquerour2 bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground : And the repeated3 air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare.... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 766 pages
...nation makes war, and consents to shed the blood of its children." You remember Milton's sonnet — " The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of...Pindarus when temple and tower "Went to the ground" * Now though the Diisseldorf map-maker may stand in the same relation to the Theban bard, as tho snail,... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower: The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower DRYDEN. VEN! CREATOB CREATOR Spirit by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1854 - 342 pages
...and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bow'r : The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tow'r Went to the ground : and the repeated air Of sad Klectra's poet had the pow'r To save the Athenian... | |
 | Charles Augustus Ward - 1855 - 208 pages
...the soldier to spare his duelling. In it he says — " Lift not thy spear against the muse's bower, The great Emathian conqueror bid spare, The house...Pindarus, when Temple and Tower Went to the ground." Which is very fine writing, especially the often quoted passage in italics, for the thought is tersely... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower: The great Emathian conqueror 2 bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground: and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet 3 had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare.... | |
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