 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 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 ! DRYDEN. ARIEL'S SONG. Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie ; There I couch... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 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." CHAPTER XIII. OF EPIC POETRT. Q. What rank does the Epic hold in poetry? A. It generally occupies the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 ページ
...-And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. i Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, i owing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit...; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket i ' At last divine Cecilia came, 'l luventrese of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 ページ
...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... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 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...another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timothens, to his breathing flute, And sounding lyre,... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1845 - 352 ページ
...like another Helen, fired — another Troy. Narrative. 11. 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. Narrative. 13. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 334 ページ
...zeal to deThais led the way, to light him to his prey; And, like another Helen—fired another Troy. Timotheus, to his breathing flute and sounding lyre,...rage, or kindle soft desire. At last, divine Cecilia cnme, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store, Enlarged die former... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 ページ
...The princes applaud, with a furious joy; [stroy: And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to deThais led the way, to light him to his prey; And. like another...another Troy. Thus, long ago, ere heaving bellows learned to While organs yet were mute; [blow, Timotheus, to his breathing ñute and sounding lyre,... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - 1846 - 390 ページ
...like another Helen, fired — another Troy. Narrative. 11. 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. Narrative. 12. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1846 - 310 ページ
...Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute ; TimotheBs, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell...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... | |
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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... 
