 I'd weep the world to such a strain, As it should deluge once again ; " But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies, More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes ; I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds, And write thy epitaph with blood and wounds.  Montrose and the Covenanters - Pagina 521door Mark Napier - 1838Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Graham - 1819 - 442 pagina’s
...faithful chaplain's Latin version is annexed. " Great, good, and just, could I but rats My griefs by thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain, As it should deluge once again. But since thy kmd-tongued blood demands suppliei, More from Briareus bands than Argus eyes, I'll sing tby obsequies... | |
 | 1819 - 556 pagina’s
...translation. GREAT, good, nnd justl could I but rate My griefs to thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world to such a strain, As it should deluge once again: But since thy loud-tongu'd blood demands supplies, More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies... | |
 | George Wishart - 1819 - 562 pagina’s
...translation. GHKAT, good, and just l could I but rate My griefs to thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world to such a strain, . As it should deluge once again : But since thy loud-tongu'd blood demands supplies, More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1821 - 272 pagina’s
...CHARLES I. BY JAMES MARQJJIS OF MONTROSE.* From the Hijlory of his Wars, 1720. GREAT, good, and juft ! could I but rate My grief, and thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world to fuch a ftrain, As it fhould once deluge again : But fince thy loud-tongu'd blood demands fupplies... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1828 - 366 pagina’s
...Great, good, and just 1 could I but rate • .) ' My griefs to thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world to such a strain As it should deluge once again : But,...thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds, , .. And write thy epitaph... | |
 | 1834 - 386 pagina’s
...by James, the Great Marquess of Montrose, with the point of his Sword, upon the sands of in Denmark. Great, good, and just! could I but rate My grief and thy too rigid fate ; I'd weep the world to such a strain, That it should deluge once again ; But since thy loud-tongu'd blood demands supplies,... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 350 pagina’s
...them. "Great, good, and just, could I but rate My griefs, and thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world to such a strain As it should deluge once again. But, since thy loud-tongned blood demands supplies More from Briarius' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 326 pagina’s
...them. "Great, good, and just, could I but rate My griefs, and thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world to such a strain As it should deluge once again. But, since thy loud-tongned blood demands supplies More from Briarius' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies... | |
 | Mark Napier - 1840 - 580 pagina’s
...bed-chamber, and found him still brooding over his vow, which he had thus versified during the interval, — Great, Good, and Just, could I but rate My grief,...thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands, than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thine obsequies with trumpet sounds, And write thine epitaph... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1840 - 550 pagina’s
...Great, good, and just ! could I but rate My griefs, and thy too rigid fate ; I 'd weep the world to such a strain, As it should deluge once again ; But...thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies, More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes ; I '11 sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds, And write thy epitaph... | |
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