 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
 | 1841 - 500 pagina’s
...and just! could I but rate I'd weep the world to such a strain, My griefs, and thy too rigid fate; 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... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1848 - 472 pagina’s
...beginning of Montrose's verses on the execution of Charles I., which Pepys had probably set to music : — 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-tongued blood demands supplies... | |
 | Mark Napier - 1848 - 446 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'll sing thine Obsequies with trumpet sounds, And write thine Epitaph... | |
 | Mark Napier - 1848 - 450 pagina’s
...— GREAT, GOOD, AND JUST 1 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-tongucd blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands, than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thine Obsequies... | |
 | Confessor - 1851 - 336 pagina’s
...composing herself, with no small apprehension, to await the return of Colonel Tomlinson. CHAPTER V. 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pagina’s
...redeemed. Great, good, and just! could I but rate My grief 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... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1853 - 338 pagina’s
...devotion to a saint, as Montrose did— served him half like a knight's devotion to his lady-love, half " Great, good, and Just, could I but rate My grief, and thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in auch a strain, As it should deluge once again." "And, oh!" cried he, with sudden vehemence, "how one... | |
 | Edward N. Marks - 1854 - 394 pagina’s
...apartment, refusing to see his most intimate friends ; his heart-felt sorrow thus expressing itself: — " Great, good, and just ! could I but rate My grief,...in such a strain As it should deluge once again." Deep, indeed, must have been the grief which thus could overcome one usually so calm and self-possessed... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1854 - 528 pagina’s
...thought King Charles's wrongs were rankling. I only only spoke as taking liberties with a friend." " Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief,...In such a strain, As It should deluge once again." " And, oh!" cried he, with sudden vehemence, "how one would have fought for him !" "You would !" said... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1854 - 552 pagina’s
...him half like a knight's devotion to his lady-love, half like devotion to a saint, as Montrose did— 'Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief,...and thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such 3. strain, As it should deluge once again.' ' And, oh!' cried he, with sudden vehemence, ' how one... | |
| |
