 | British anthology - 1824
...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. CHORUS. And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to Thais led the way, [destroy... | |
 | William Scott - 1825 - 372 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 lea-n'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 562 pagina’s
...gods. The prinees applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy: . Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view, N'or the deep tr tir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows leam'd to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | William Samuel Cardell - 1825 - 203 pagina’s
...himself, or the servant lights him to his room ; which means, to carry the sensible light before him. " Thais led the way, to light him to his prey '. And, like an other Helen, fired an other Troy." « Enlighten our hearts ;" cause the " candle of the Lord j"... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826
...!— 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, , - i • .. . , Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, ; . t While... | |
 | 1826
...upplaud with a furious joy, And the king seiz'da flambeau, with zeal to deThais led the way, [stroy : 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 breathing... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 298 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 Jearn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute; Timotheus, to his... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 251 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... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 80 pagina’s
...730. The princes applaud with a furious joy ; And the king *eizrd a flambeau, with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. Drydtti, Ala. Ftait. n > Persia ; it was a favourite residence of Cyrus, because... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832
...1« 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. 1so CHORUS. And the king seiz'da flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to... | |
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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. 
