Why didst thou leave the trodden paths of men Too soon, and with weak hands though mighty heart Dare the unpastured dragon in his den? Adonais - Page 82by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1891 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...in his den f Defenceless as thou wert, oh ! where was then Wisdom the mirror'd shield, or scorn Ihe spear? Or hadst thou waited the full cycle, when Thy spirit should have fdl'd ils crescent sphere, The monsters of life's waste had lied from [hec like deer. XXVIII. " The... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - 1833 - 448 pages
...mighty lu'art Dare the unpastured dragon in his den '/ Defenceless as thou wert, ah where was then Wisdom the mirrored shield, or scorn the spear ? Or...full cycle, when Thy spirit should have filled its cresrent sphere, The monsters of life's waste had tied from thee like doer. " The herded wolves, bold... | |
| Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 460 pages
...though mighty heart Dare the unpastured dragon in his den ? Defenceless as thou wert, ah where was then Wisdom the mirrored shield, or scorn the spear ? Or...Thy spirit should have filled its crescent sphere, Toe monsters of life's waste had tied from tivec \\V% ^e«. " The herded wolves, bold only to pursue... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1838 - 634 pages
...have fill'd its crescent sphere, The monsters of life's waste had fled from thee like deer. XXVIII. " The herded wolves, bold only to pursue ; The obscene ravens, clamorous o'er the dead ; The vultures, lo the conqueror's banner true, Who feed where Desolation first has fed, And whose wings rain contagion;... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1839 - 408 pages
...where was then Wisdom the miiTor'd shield, or scorn the spear ! Or hadst thou waited the full eycle, when Thy spirit should have filled its crescent sphere,...monsters of life's waste had fled from thee like deer. XXVIII. " The herded wolves, bold only to pursue ; The obscene ravens, clamorous o'er the dead ; The... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 396 pages
...Defenceless as thou wert, oh ! where was then "Wisdom the mirror'd shield, or scorn the spear ! Or I uní- i thou waited the full cycle, when Thy spirit should...its crescent sphere, The monsters of life's waste liad fled from thee like deer. xxvm. " The herded wolves, bold only to pursue ; The obscene ravens,... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 402 pages
...seorn the spear i Or hadst thou waited the full eyele, when Thy spirit should have filled its ereseent sphere, The monsters of life's waste had fled from thee like deer. XXVIII. * The herded wolves, bold only to pursue ; The obseene ravens, elamorous o'er the dead ; The... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1841 - 988 pages
...shield, or scorn the spear ? Orhadstthou waited the full cycle, when Thy spirit should have fill'd its crescent sphere, The monsters of life's waste had fled from thee like deer. ***** Nor let us weep that our delight is fled Far from these carrion-kites that scream below ; He... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1841 - 456 pages
...den, Defenceless as ihou wert, oh ! where was then Wisdom the mirror'd shield, or scorn the spear 7 Or hadst thou waited the full cycle, when Thy spirit should have fill'd its crescent sphere, The monsters of life's waste had fled from thee like deer. ***** Nor let... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pages
...the unpastured dragon m his den, Defenceless as thou wert, oh ! where was then Wisdom the mirror'd shield, or scorn the spear ? ' Or hadst thou waited the full cycle when Thy spirit should have rill'd its cresent sphere, The monsters of life's waste had fled from thee like deer. * * * * * * Nor... | |
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