 | British poets - 1822 - 284 pages
...far—but far above theGreat. THE BARD. A PINDARIC ODE '. I. 1. ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners wait; Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state*. 1 This Ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward the First, when he completed the... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...when Beauty dies. THE BARD. A Pindaric Ode, GRAY. I.— 1. " Rum seize thee, ruthless King ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state ! Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor even thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 584 pages
...noise. THE BARD. JL PINDARIC DDE.* I. 1. i Rulw seize thee, ruthless King I Confusion on thy hanners wait ; • Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle statc.f Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail,* Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail * This Ode it... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that Ode are, I think, very good : 1 Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with idle state ."' ' Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that Ode are, I think, very good : ' Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with idle itate .' " ' Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different... | |
 | 1823 - 594 pages
...to vent his anger against the cruel King in these words: ' Ruin seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, will avail To save thy secret soul... | |
 | John Walker - 1823 - 406 pages
...dramatic composition. Thus the sublime rage of Gray's Bard : Ruin seize thee, ruthless king, — Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air in idle state, Helm nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, can avail To save thy... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...— but far above the great. THE BARD. А PINDARIC ODE. ' Ruin seize thee, ruthless king ! Confusion hat an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. As now your own, our Helm, nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...the harmony of our Ode. ODE VI. THE BARD* PINDARIC. II " RUIN seize thee, ruthless King ! Confusion on thy banners wait ! Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. " This Ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Kdward the First, when he completed the... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...Bards that fell into his hands to be pat to death. I. 1. " RUIN seize thee, ruthless King! Confusion on thy banners wait ; Though fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state. Helm nor hauberk's twisted mail, Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail To save thy secret soul... | |
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Nor e'en thy virtues, tyrant, shall avail • To save thy secret soul from nightly fears, From Cambria's curse, from Cambria's tears... 
