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" 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 103
by John Blair Linn - 1804 - 155 pages
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Dictionary of Shakespearian Quotations: Exhibiting the Most Forcible ...

William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...that 1 my mangled body shows, My blood, my want of strength, my sick heart shows, DEATH,—continued. 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...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1853 - 542 pages
...gave shelter to the princely eagle; Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Under whose shade tlv ramping lion slept, W^hose top-branch over-peer'd...spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's pow'rful wind. Third PfirL Henry VI. Act V. Sc. V. •iueen Katherme, deserted by the King-, and in...
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Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum, Volume 4

John Claudius Loudon - 1854 - 682 pages
...our heads the verdant cedar ware." Shakspeare's lines on the fall of Warwick are well known : — '* Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge. Whose arms...eagle, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept. Whose top branch overpeer'a Jore's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind.** Third...
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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 1

Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 398 pages
...old king maker, as he lies breathing out Ms soul in the dust and blood of the battle field : •— " Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, "Whose arms...shelter to the princely eagle, "under whose shade the rampant lion slept ; Whose top branch overpeered Jove's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's...
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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 1

Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 418 pages
...old king maker, as he lies breathing out his soul in the dust and blood of the battle field: — " Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms...shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose shade the rampant lion slept; Whose top hranch overpcered Jove's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's...
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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 1

Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 348 pages
...old king-maker, as he lies breathing out his soul in the dust and blood of the battle field :— " Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms...shelter to the princely eagle, Under whose shade the rampant lion slept; Whose top branch overpeered Jove's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's...
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Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 1

Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1854 - 398 pages
...breathing out his soul in the dust and blood of the battle-field :— " Thus yields the cedar to the axe'a edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely eagle. Under whose shade the rampant lion slept ; Whose top branch overpeered JoTe's spreading tree. And kept low shrubs from winter'sçowerïul...
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Black's Picturesque Guide to Warwickshire ...

Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1857 - 210 pages
...the field of Barnet, give an admirable picture of the character and power of the " king-maker :"— " Thus yields the cedar to the axe's edge, Whose arms...eagle, Under whose shade the ramping lion slept, Whose top branch overpeered Jove's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind. These...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 512 pages
...must yield my body to the earth, And, by my full, the conquest to my foe. Thns yields the cedar to tue axe's edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely...eagle; Under whose shade the ramping lion slept, Whose top branch over-pecr'd Jove's spreading tree, And kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind. Third...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - 1859 - 512 pages
...must yield my body to the cartb, And, by my full, the conquest to my foe. Thus yields the cedar to tac axe's edge, Whose arms gave shelter to the princely...eagle; Under whose shade the ramping lion slept, Whose top brunch ovcr-pccrM Jove's spreading tree, And~kept low shrubs from winter's powerful wind. Warwick....
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