 No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion, as the lion tears the kid; Ran on embattled armies clad in iron, And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous...  Constancy, and Contrition - Pagina 203door Constancy - 1844Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 766 pagina’s
...magnificent description of the heroic, renowned, irresistible Samson, as he calls him in the Agonistes, who " Ran on embattled armies clad in iron; And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous, useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear, the hammered cuirass, Chalibean-tempered steel, and... | |
 | William Landels - 1868 - 340 pagina’s
...great enemy, " That heroic, that renowned Irresistible Samson, whom unarmed No strength of man nor fiercest wild beast could withstand, Who tore the...iron, And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous ; " Samson is now " Betrayed, captured, and both his eyes put out, Made of his enemies the scorn and... | |
 | Double acrostics - 1868 - 230 pagina’s
...princess. 6. A king who for wickedness yielded to none, Excepting, perhaps, to his infamous son. 335. ' Whom, unarmed, No strength of man, or fiercest wild...withstand ; Who tore the lion as the lion tears the kid.' ' She's gone ! a manifest serpent by her sting, Discovered in the end, till now concealed.' 1. ' A... | |
 | Adelaide Crapsey - 1918 - 88 pagina’s
...while; Let us not break in upon him. . . . Or do my eyes misrepresent? Can this be he, That heroic, that renowned Irresistible Samson, whom unarmed No strength...withstand? Who tore the lion as the lion tears the kid . . . This may be poetry of the highest order ; I can quite imagine that those who know it by heart... | |
 | JOHN BARTLETT - 1919 - 1476 pagina’s
...vacant interlunar cave. line 86 1 The child is father of the man. — WORDSWORTH -. ^fy Heart Leaps up Ran on embattled armies clad in iron, And, weaponless himself, Made arms ridiculous. Samson Agonistes. Line 129 Just are the ways of God, And justifiable to men ; Unless there be who think... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 672 pagina’s
...• 120 And by himself given over, In slavish habit, ill-fitted weeds O'er-worn and soiled. , ".: . Who tore the lion as the lion tears the kid ; Ran...embattled armies clad in iron, And, weaponless himself, 130 Made arms ridiculous, useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear, the hammered cuirass, Chalybean-tempered... | |
 | William Strunk - 1922 - 72 pagina’s
...ill-fitted weeds O'er-worn and soiled; Or do my eyes misrepresent? Can this be he, That heroic, that renowned, Irresistible Samson, whom unarmed No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand? (Samson Agonistes 120-127) Blake, in his preface to Jerusalem, spoke disparagingly of the "monotonous... | |
 | 1923 - 876 pagina’s
...while Let us not break in upon him. . . . Or do my eyes misrepresent? Can this be he, That heroic, that renowned Irresistible Samson, whom unarmed No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand? . . . And of this poetry Professor Murray says: "But surely it is clear that the rhythm is exceedingly... | |
 | John Milton - 1924 - 472 pagina’s
...And by himself given over, In slavish habit, ill-fitted weeds O'er-worn and soiled. That heroic, that renowned, Irresistible Samson ? whom, unarmed, No...fiercest wild beast, could withstand; Who tore the liou as the lion tears the kid; Ran on embattled armies clad in iron, And, weaponless himself, 130... | |
 | John Milton - 1925 - 588 pagina’s
...ill-fitted weeds . O'er-worn and soiled. Or do my eyes misrepresent? Can this be he, That heroic, that renowned, Irresistible Samson? whom, unarmed, No strength...embattled armies clad in iron, And, weaponless himself, 130 Made arms ridiculous, useless the forgery Of brazen shield and spear, the hammered cuirass, Chalybean-tempered... | |
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