 Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His...  Specimens of the British poets - Page 221by British poets - 1809Full view - About this book
 | Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to a harren stand, A petty fortress, and a duhious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale, All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...The vanquished hero, leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands, Condetnn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose,...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant, to Bavaria's lord, In gay... | |
 | Juvenal - 1825 - 234 pages
...— Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shews his miseries in distant lands; Condemn'da needy supplicant...strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand : He left that Name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral or adorn a tale. Jam tenet Italiani : tamen... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not Chance at length the error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end ?...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. *A11 times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 514 pages
...supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance, at length, her errour mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. • yAll times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance, at length, her errour mend J Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. yAntimes IKeir scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 508 pages
...supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance, at length, her errour mend '. Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did...; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Johnson - Literary Collections - 1825 - 508 pages
...Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile mill ions press him to the ground ? His fall was destin'd to...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. yAll times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious...the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord. In gay... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 pages
...wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? I His fall was destin'd to a barren strand, *l A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; \He left the name, at which the world grew pale, 'o point a moral, or adorn a tale. y All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant... | |
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