 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
 | Mrs. Jane Mary Smith - 1875 - 298 pagina’s
...shewed me a copy of verses he hath composed, saying they might very likely be the last he would write. " Great, Good, and Just, could I but rate My Grief, and thy too rigid Fate, I'd weep ye world to such a strainc, As it should deluge once again : But since thy loud-tongued bloud demands... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1876 - 604 pagina’s
...love no more. ON THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES I.1 Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain...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... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1876 - 366 pagina’s
...: Great, good, and just, could I but rate My griefs, and thy so 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 trumpets' sounds And write thy epitaph... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1883 - 544 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 '11 sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds, And write thy epitaph... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1884 - 394 pagina’s
...Montrose's verses on the execution of Charles the First, which Pepys had probably set to music : — " Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief and thy too rigid fate. now ten years since, his Majesty died. Scull ' the waterman came and brought me a note from the Hope... | |
 | Mowbray Morris - 1892 - 252 pagina’s
...for their passion if not for their elegance : Great, Good, and Just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain...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... | |
 | Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright - 1892 - 250 pagina’s
...the Marquis of Montrose's verses on the execution of Charles I., which Pepys had 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... | |
 | Sir Walter Raleigh - 1892 - 326 pagina’s
...I.1 f REAT, 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 thy obsequies with trumpet sounds, And write thy epitaph... | |
 | George Wishart - 1893 - 658 pagina’s
...229.] 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 since thy loud tongu'd blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1894 - 586 pagina’s
...seclusion was the characteristic outburst — 1649 ' Great, Good, and Just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain...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... | |
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