| John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...Ta(kr SONNE ' To the Soldier, to/pare I The great Etnatbian Conqueror bid fpare The houfe of PinJarus, when Temple and Tower Went to the ground: And the repeated air Of fad ĢIe{Ira's Poet had the power To fave th' A:b^,ian Walls from ruin bars. SONNET IX. To a Lady.... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...Lift Lift not thy fpear againft the Mufes' bower : The great Emathian conqueror bid fpare 19 The houfe of Pindarus, when temple' and tower Went to the ground : and the repeated air Of fad Eleftra's poet had the power To fave th' Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. To a virtuous young... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...Lift not thy fpear againft the Mufes' bowsr : The great Emathian conqueror bid ipare !• The houfe of Pindarus, -when temple' and tower Went to the ground : and the repeater' air Of fad Elt&ra's poet had the power To fave th' Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. To... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms....against the Muses' bower ! The great Emathian conqueror did spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground : and the repeated air Of... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the Sun's bright circle warms....the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. TO A TIRTUOU9 YOUNG LADT. The better part with Mary and with Ruth Chosen thou hast; and they that... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muse's bower : The great Emathian eonquerour bid spare The bouse of Pindarus, when temple and tow^r... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...knows the charms' That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muse's bower : The great Emathian conquerour bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower... | |
| George Ellis - English poetry - 1811 - 474 pages
...knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms....against the Muses' bower! The great Emathian conqueror did spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground: and the repeated air Of... | |
| English poetry - 1814 - 286 pages
...Muse's Bow-re. The great Emathian Conqueror bade spare The house of pix'DARUS when Temple and Towre Went to the ground. And the repeated Air Of sad Electra's* Poet had the powre To save the Athenian Walls from ruine bare. * EURIPIDES, the favourite poet of MILTON, v. Plut.... | |
| Sir Charles Abraham Elton - English poetry - 1814 - 458 pages
...circumstance Milton alludes in his noble sonnet, written " when the assault was intended to the city:" 1 Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower; The great Emathian conqueror bade spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground. Such was the respect for... | |
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