 | Samuel Kirkham - Elocution - 1842 - 386 pages
...Persian abodes', And glittering temples of their hostile gods' ! The princes applaud with a furious joy', And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy*...another Troy*. Thus', long ago', Ere heaving bellows' . . learned to blow', While organs yet were mute', Timotheus', with his breathing flute' And sounding... | |
 | 1842 - 602 pages
...their hostile gods! — 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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ! And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy...fired another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...flambeau with zeal to destroy, Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, firM iffusing blessings, or averting harms,) The same which...father of a people made. VI. Till then, by Nature fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn 'd to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...cans' J his care, And sigh'd and look'd, sigh'd and look'd, Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again : 22 th, no pride, no joy he hath : O leaden-hearted men...death ! " Ah ! what avail the largest gifts of Heave fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago. Ere heaving bellows leam'd to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...glittering temples of their 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 — fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ! And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy...fired another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre,... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...Persian abodes And glittering temples of the hostile gods ! The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy...prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy." CHAPTER XIII. OF EPIC POETRT. Q. What rank does the Epic hold in poetry? A. It generally occupies the... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy...prey ! And, like another Helen, fired another Troy ! DRYDEN. ARIEL'S SONG. Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie ; There I couch... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...pavilion of Alexander's triumph? Yes: audits remains stand the memorial of his wantonness, hence " Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy." Let us walk to the southern extremity of the eastern colonnade ; an immense mound of ruins meets the... | |
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Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain; 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... 
