 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 438 pagini
...bitter fruit Of the proud planting of a tyrannous foot, — Of bruised rights, and flourishing bad men, And virtue wasting heavenwards from a den ; Brute...which lights the people-thinning star That selfishness invokes, — the horsed war, Panting along with many a bloody mane. — I've thought of all this pride,... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1832 - 448 pagini
...bitter fruit Of the proud planting of a tyrannous foot, — Of bruised rights, and flourishing bad men, And virtue wasting heavenwards from a den ; Brute...which lights the people-thinning star That selfishness invokes, — the horsed war, Panting along with many a bloody mane. — I've thought of all this pride,... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 874 pagini
...and fury ; and the devilish drouth Of the fool cannon s ever- gaping mouth ; And the bride widowing lant issuing out of it is a rebus, the arms of his wife Elizabeth Hopton, allusive to her name. ptople-thinning star That selfishness invokes, — the horsed war Panting along with many a bloody... | |
 | William Hone - 1832 - 852 pagini
...a tyrannous foot ; — Of bruised rights, and flourishing bad men ; And virtue wasting heav'nwards from a den ; Brute force and fury ; and the devilish drouth Of the fool cannon s ever- gaping mouth ; And the bride widowing sword ; and the harsh bray The sneering trumpet... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - 1841 - 232 pagini
...bitter fruit Of the proud planting of a tyrannous loot, Of bruised rights, and flourishing bad men, And virtue wasting heavenwards from a den: Brute force, and fury, and the devilish drougth Of ihe foul cannon's ever-gaping mouth ; And the bride-widowing sword ; and the harsh hrav... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1844 - 142 pagini
...bitter fruit Of the proud planting of a tyrannous foot, — Of bruised rights, and flourishing bad men, And virtue wasting heavenwards from a den ; Brute...which lights the people-thinning star That selfishness invokes, — the horsed war, Panting along with many a bloody mane. — I've thought of all this pride,... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - 1844 - 264 pagini
...virtue wasting heavenwards from a den; Brute force, and fury, and the devilish drougth Of the foul cannon's ever,gaping mouth ; And the bride,widowing...harsh bray The sneering trumpet sends across the fray f And all which lights the people-thinning star That selfishness invokes—the horsed war, Panting... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagini
...bitter fruit Of the proud planting of a tyrannous foot, — Of bruised rights, and flourishing bad men, And virtue wasting heavenwards from a den ; Brute...which lights the people-thinning star That selfishness invokes, — the horsed war, Panting along with many a bloody mane. I've thought of all this pride,... | |
 | G. W. Montgomery - 1845 - 248 pagini
...bitter fruit Of the proud planting of a tyrannous foot, Of bruised rights, and nourishing bad men, And virtue wasting heavenwards from a den ; Brute force, and fury, and the devilish drought Of the foul cannon's ever-gaping mouth; And the bride-widowing sword ; and the harsh bray The... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1846 - 540 pagini
...hitter fruit Of the proud planting of a tyrannous foot, — Of bruised rights, and flourishing bad men, And virtue wasting heavenwards from a den; Brute force,...which lights the people-thinning star That selfishness invokes, — the horsed war, Panting along with many a bloody mane. I've thought of all this pride,... | |
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Memnon, that long sitting by In seeming idleness, with stony eye, Sang at the morning's touch, like poetry ; And then of all the fierce and bitter fruit Of the proud planting of a tyrannous foot, — Of bruised rights, and flourishing bad men, And virtue... 
