 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
 | 1895 - 446 pagina’s
...seclusion was the characteristic outburst : — ' " Great Good, and Just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain,...once again. But since thy loud-tongued blood demands replies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thine obsequies with trumpet sounds,... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pagina’s
...would most avoidT MILTON — Comus. L. 362. 23 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... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - 1926 - 264 pagina’s
...Just ! could I but rate My griefs, 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 More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet's sounds, And write thy epitaph... | |
 | John Buchan - 1928 - 444 pagina’s
...friends. For two days he kept his chamber, and when Wishart entered he found on the table these lines: 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... | |
 | Samuel Pepys - 1997 - 820 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... | |
 | Robert Wilcher - 2001 - 424 pagina’s
...situation: Great! Good! and Just! could I but rate My griefs, and thy too rigid fate, I'de weep the world to such a strain, As it should Deluge once again. But since thy loud-tongu'd bloud demands supplies, More from Briareus hands, than Argus eyes, I'le sing thy Obsequies,... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - 1835 - 336 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,...thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet's sounds, And write thy epitaph... | |
 | Maitland club, Glasgow - 1848 - 448 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 354 pagina’s
...— Great, good, and just ! 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... | |
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