 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 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...breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell the soul to rage—or kindle soft desire. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame.• 260 POETRY.... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 ページ
...Persian abodes A.nd 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." o CHAPTER XIII. OF EPIC POETRY. y. What rank does the Epic hold in poetry ? A. It generally occupies... | |
 | 1852 - 874 ページ
...to destroy, Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy flr'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows leam'd to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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...Helen, fired another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving billows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute, And sounding... | |
 | 1853 - 560 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. VII. Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 350 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...Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. 1/^At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 ページ
...another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving billows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timothens to his breathing flute And sounding lyre, Could swell...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... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 380 ページ
...; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy. CHORUS. And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy...or kindle soft desire. At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow... | |
 | John Dryden - 1856 - 592 ページ
...prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy ! CHORUS. And the king seized a flambeau with aeal to destroy ; Thais led the way, To light him to his...rage, or kindle soft desire. At last divine Cecilia carne^" Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1856 - 590 ページ
...light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving billows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus...or kindle soft desire. At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal flame ; 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... 
