 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pagina’s
...— The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy : Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy." Metrical Romances. A free and easy species of verse, which may be called the lyrical... | |
 | John William Donaldson - 1838 - 140 pagina’s
...hostile Gods! The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy: Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen she fired another Troy. •usual.happy vein, by Coleridge, in a couplet entitled " The Homeric Hexameter... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pagina’s
...gods* ! The princes applaud with a furious joy', And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy* t Thais' . . led the way', To light him to his prey*; And', like another Helen', fired another Troy*. Thus', long ago', Ere heaving bellows' . . learned to blow', While organs yet... | |
 | 1840 - 372 pagina’s
...gods. The princes applaud with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pagina’s
...gods. The princes applaud, with a furious joy; And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. VII. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pagina’s
...gods. The princes applaud, with a furious joy; And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy, bubbles mark his gloomy way. Quick fis the nets, and cut off his retreat !nto the shelte And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And,... | |
 | 1842 - 602 pagina’s
...The princes applaud with a furious joy, •• And the King seized a flambean with zeal to destroy: Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. But it was not only as a poet that Dryden excelled; his prefaces and dedications may be generally quoted... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pagina’s
...gods! The princes applaud, with a furious joy; And the king seiz'da flambeau, with zeal to destroy : Thais led the way, To light him to his prey; And, like another Helen — fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pagina’s
...! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ! And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy : Thais led the way, To light him to his prey ; And, like another Helen — fired another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pagina’s
...gods. The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy, interest plac'd the sway in one. 'Twas Virtue only, (or in arts or a firM another Troy CHORUS. And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way,... | |
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Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods. 
