 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 ページ
...of the MONOTONE. EXAMPLES. 1. Pale-sheeted ghosts, with gory locks, upstarting from their tombs. 2. Aloft in awful state, the godlike hero sate on his imperial throne. 3. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker-HiH ; and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 ページ
...victim for mankind. ALEXANDER'S FEAST; Os, THE POWER OF MlTsir ; AN ODE III or ST. CECILIA'S DAT. T WAS at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike...state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne I • His valiant peers were plac'd around ; Their hrows with roserand with myrtles hound ; (So should... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1881 - 468 ページ
...self-willed autocrat of genius, as a foil, by whose means he may display the superior power of Music — " Aloft, in awful state The god-like hero sate On his imperial throne — » * * The lovely Thais by his side, » * » In flower of youth and beauty's pride. » " * " •... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 ページ
...from the military to the tender. It is a fine bravura piece, full of exhibitionist virtuosity: Twas at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike...state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne; His valiant peers were placed around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound: (So should desert... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 ページ
...to please him. Alexander's Fean or The Power of Music: an Ode in honour of St Cecilia's Day I Twas at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike...state, The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were placed around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound: (So should desert... | |
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TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne... 
