 to my foe; Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle; Under whose shade the ramping lion slept; Whose top-branch overpeer'd Jove's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from Winter's powerful wind.  The Powers of Genius: A Poem, in Three Parts - Page 103by John Blair Linn - 1804 - 155 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Blair Linn - 1804 - 192 pages
...sick heart shews That I must yield my body to the earth, And, by my fall, the couquest to my foe j Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms...tree, And kept low shrubs from Winter's powerful wind. These eyes that now are dimm'd with Death's black veil, Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun To... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 462 pages
...my mangled body shows, * My blood, my want of strength, my sick heart shows, \ . -402 THIRD PART OF Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms...gave shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose shade die ramping lion slept; Whose top branch overpeer'd Jove's spreading tree, * And kept low shrubs from... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 386 pages
...to my foe. Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle,* Thus yields the Cedar to the axe's edge, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept : Whose top-branch...tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind. Have been as piercing as the mid-day SUB, These eyes that now are dimm'd with death's black veil, To... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...АИ, by my'fall, the conquest to my foe. Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, »Vbrvse arms gjve shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose shade the...Whose top-branch overpeer'd Jove's spreading tree, [wind. And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful Thete eyes, that now are dimm'd with death's black... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1817 - 378 pages
...to my foe. Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle, 1 Under whose shade the ramping lion slept: Whose top-branch...tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind. These eyes, that now are dimm'd with death's black veil, Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 612 pages
..." Whose arms," &c. Otherwise " Whose arms " will refer to the axe instead of the cedar. STEEVENS. * Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms...princely eagle, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept, &c.] It has been observed to me, that the 31st chapter of the prophet Ezekiel suggested these images... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 614 pages
..." Whose arms," &c. Otherwise " Whose arms " will refer to the axe instead of the cedar. STEEVEKS. s Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms...princely eagle, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept, &c.] It has been observed to me, that the 31st chapter of the prophet Ezekiel suggested these images... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...fall, the conquest to my foe. Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, shews, [Exit. Whose arms gaYe shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept; Whose top branch overpeer'd Jove's sprcadinc tree, And kept low sbrubs from winter's powerful wind. These... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 384 pages
...to my foe. Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle, 1 Under whose shade the ramping lion slept: Whose top-branch...tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind. These eyes, that now are dimm'd with death's black veil, Have been as piercing as the mid-day sun,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 714 pages
...bbowe, That I mnst yield mv b.uly to the earth : Anil, by my fall, the conque.! to my foe Thus yield* the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose sliade the ramping lion »lept ; Whose top-branch over-peer'd Jove's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs... | |
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