 | 1809 - 878 pagina’s
...Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland." While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable...; But with his keener eye, The axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 pagina’s
...Ode upon Cromwell's return from Ireland." While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye, The'axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spitf To vindicate his helpless right, But... | |
 | 1834 - 566 pagina’s
...the " Royal Actor," for so he also styles him, even in addressing Cronlwell. Marvel speaks : — " He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable...scene; But, with his keener eye, The axe's edge did trye. Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, t To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely... | |
 | 1838 - 504 pagina’s
...of the death of Charles I., he says, — " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands : He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable...scene ; But with his keener eye, The axe's edge did trye : Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helplesse right ; l'ii! bow'd his comely... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 432 pagina’s
...execution of the monarch, he says : — " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable...But, with his keener eye, The axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head... | |
 | Reuben Percy - 1823 - 432 pagina’s
...their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene; The axe's edge did try, Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But, with his keener eye, But bow'd his comely head Down as upon a bed." THE SENSE OF THE NATION. IN the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagina’s
...actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn. While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, 'd , not as I oft am wont, of thee, Works of day past, or morrow's next design, But of offence and trou : Nor called the Gods, with vulgar spite, To. vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1832 - 346 pagina’s
...magnificent lines on Charles I. : •— " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable...; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Do\vn,... | |
 | Charles I (King of England) - 1832 - 372 pagina’s
...have witnessed what he describes, writes of this scene : — " He nothing common did nor mean After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bow'd his comely head... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 764 pagina’s
...borne, The tragic scaffold might adorne, While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody hands : He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene; But with his keener ege, The axe's edge did trge. Nor calfd the Gods with vulgar spight, To vindicate his helplessc right... | |
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Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene: But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try. Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head, Down as upon a bed. 
