 Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise: But, Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful...  The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 421by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808Full view - About this book
 | George Barnett Smith - 1880 - 546 pages
...in three lines of a translation from Virgil by our great poet Dryden, which run as follows : — " O Rome ! 'tis thine alone with awful sway To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thine own majestic way." We are told to fall back upon this example. No doubt the word " Empire " was... | |
 | Samuel Bennett (barrister.) - 1880 - 164 pages
...lines of a translation from Virgil by our great poet Dryden, which runs as follows : — ' " 'Oh Bome ! 'tis thine alone with awful sway To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thine own majestic way.' We are told to fall back upon this example. No doubt the word 'Empire' was... | |
 | Virgil - 1881 - 414 pages
...the sinking state, And, by delays, to put a stop to Fate ! Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...obey, Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way : To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free : — • These are imperial arts, and worthy thee."... | |
 | Virgil - 1881 - 526 pages
...sinking state, And, by delays, to put a stop to Fate ! .? Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. «j But Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1881 - 112 pages
...powers. 126 Inform. In the original sense of 'animate.' Cf. " Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face. ' — DRYDEN, ^J«. vi. 127 So impress with quietness and beauty. Cf. " Three years she grew," &c.... | |
 | Virgil - 1884 - 328 pages
...save the sinking state, And by delays to put a stop to fate ! Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way. To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free— These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." The passing... | |
 | Virgil - 1904 - 520 pages
...importers inorem, Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos. ' Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...obey, Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way : To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free : — These are imperial arts and worthy thee.' Linked... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1904 - 220 pages
...between." 10 34. The verses. s£n. 6. 847-853 (Dryden's tr.) : Let others better mold the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...when the stars descend and when they rise. But Rome, 't is thine alone, with awful sway To rule mankind and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war... | |
 | Virgil - 1904 - 524 pages
...imponere morem, Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos. ' Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome I 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war,... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 490 pages
...ancestors' disgrace, And Pallas for her violated place. * * * * Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften...obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way. To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free — These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." —(MORRIS.)... | |
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