 Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears...  A plain and short history of England, letters - Page 44by George Davys (bp. of Peterborough.) - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...BARD. PINDARIC ». I. l. ' -LVUIN seize thee, ruthless King! ' Confusion on thy hanners wait, ' Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing ' They mock the air with idle state. ' Helm, nor f Hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Bard. A Pindaric Ode. GRAY. I. 1. RUIN seise thec, ruthless king! Confusion on thy banners wail ! Tho' reater name. My warbling lute, the lute I whilom strung) even thy virtues Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...[IBID.] II ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless King ! ' Confusion on thy banners wait ; , • ' Though fan'd by Conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with...idle state. ' Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor ev'n thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, ' From Cambria's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards, that fell into his hands, to be put to death. I. " RIMS seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion on thy banners...idle state '. Helm, nor hauberk's" twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion ou thy banners wait, Though, fann'd by Conquest's crimson win», They mock the air with idle state '. Helm, nor hauberk's* twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...put -to death. GRAY. i I. 1. " RUIN seize thee, ruthless King!* Confusion on thy banners wait ; Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air...idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail NOTES. * It is the opening of this poem, that the Ode by Soame... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in tlr.it Ode are, I think, very good : 'Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with idle state."]: Finding him in u placid humour, and wishing to avail myself of the opportunity which I fortunately... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...in a strong light to give out the perfect radiance of their colouring. THE BARD: A PINDARIC ODE. ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless king! ' Confusion on thy...idle state. ' Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, • From Cambria's... | |
 | Thomas Gray, William Mason - English literature - 1820 - 548 pages
...Caractacus, Hark ! heard ye not yon footstep dread ? &c. ' Pindar. ODE VI. THE BARD. PINDARIC.™ I. 1. * RUIN seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners...idle state. Helm, nor ° hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse,... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1820 - 382 pages
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that ode are, 1 think, very good : Though, fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state." Bonnell Thornton had just published a burlesque Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, adapted to the ancient British... | |
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