 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 ページ
...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...kindle soft desire. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame : The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarg'd the former narrow... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 ページ
...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...kindle soft desire. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarg'd the former narrow... | |
 | Aaron Arrowsmith - 1831 - 970 ページ
...Diodor. Sic. XVII. 70.— Strab. XV. p. 730. The princes applaud with a furious joy ; And the king *eizrd a flambeau, with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way,...prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. Drydtti, Ala. Ftait. n > Persia ; it was a favourite residence of Cyrus, because near it he conquered... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 ページ
...way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. VII. Thus, long ago, 155 Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs...or kindle soft desire. At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarg'd the former narrow... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 ページ
...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! CHORUS, And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 ページ
...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." Metrical Romances. A free and easy species of verse, which may be called the lyrical narrative, has... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 ページ
...the tongue against the upper gum. 796. Narrative manner. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to...Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. 797. Pleasure. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 ページ
...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." Metrical Romances. A free and easy species of verse, which may be called the lyrical narrative, has... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 ページ
...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*;...another Troy*. Thus', long ago', Ere heaving bellows' . . learned to blow', While organs yet were mute', Timotheus', with his breathing flute' And sounding... | |
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Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the 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; Thais led the way To light... 
