 And thro' the kindred squadrons mow their way. Ye Towers of Julius, London's lasting shame, With many a foul and midnight murther fed, Revere his Consort's faith, his Father's fame, And spare the meek Usurper's holy head.  Essays and Criticisms - Page 181by Thomas Gray - 1911 - 378 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...faith, his father's fame, And spare the meek usurper's holy head. Above, below, the rose of snow, Twin'd 'rules the globe, and reads the Philosopher, or here, sigbsin vai Willows beneath the thorny shade. " Now.brothcrsjbendingo'erth' accursed loom, " Stamp we our vengeance... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...Above, below, the rose of snow,t " Twin'd with her blushing foe, we spread : " The bristled Boar J in infant gore " Wallows beneath the thorny shade. " Now, Brothers, bending o'er th' accursed loom, " Stamp we our vengeance deep, and ratify his doom. III. 1. " Edward, lo ! to sudden... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...father's 31 fame, And spare the meek usurper's *« holy head. Above, below, the rose 2S of snow, Twin'd with her blushing foe we spread : The bristled boar"...beneath the thorny shade. Now, brothers, bending o'er th' accursed loom, Stamp we our vengeance deep, and ratify his doom III. " ' Edward, lo ! to sudden... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 618 pages
...murthcr fed, Revere his Consort's faith, his Father's fame, And spare the meek Usurper's ludlnto'd head. Above, below, the Rose of snow, Twined with...in infant gore, Wallows beneath the thorny shade. No more our long-lost Arthur we bewail, All hail, ye genuine Kings, Britannia's issue, hafl \ . 3.... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...all is seen through the dimness of figurative expression : " Above, below, The rose of snow, Twin'd with her blushing foe, we spread : The bristled boar...In infant gore Wallows beneath the thorny shade." As the subject of Gray's poem is drawn from a period of English history not very remote, it was proper... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - 1816 - 262 pages
...usurper.-*- Henry the sixth is called usurper because the crown rightfully belonged to the house of York. , i Above, below, the rose of snow Twined with her blushing foe, we spread. The white rose was the emblem or ensign of the house of York, the red rose of the bouse of Lancaster —... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...father's fame, " And spare the meek usurper's holy head. " Above, below, the rose of snow, " Twin'd with her blushing foe we spread : " The bristled boar...beneath the thorny shade. " Now, brothers, bending o'er th' accursed loom, " Stamp we our vengeance deep, and ratify his doom. " Edward, lo ! to sudden fate... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 358 pages
...father's f fame, And spare the meek usurper's § holy head. Above, below, the rose || of snow, Twin'd with her blushing foe we spread : The bristled boar...beneath the thorny shade. Now, brothers, bending o'er th' accursed loom, Stamp we our vengeance deep, and ratify his doom. • Henry the Sixth, George Duke... | |
 | 1822 - 418 pages
...faith, his Father's fame, And spare the meek Usurper's holy head. Above, below, the rose of snow, Twin'd with her blushing foe, we spread ; The bristled boar...beneath the thorny shade. Now, Brothers, bending o'er th' accursed loom, Stamp we our vengeance deep, and ratify his doom. Ill— 1. " Edward, lo ! to sudden... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...faith, his father's fame, And spare the meek usurper's holy head. Above, below, the rose of snow, Twin'd alone, for he Alone can rival, can succeed to thee. th' accursed loom, Stamp we our vengeance deep, and ratify his doom. " Edward, lo ! to sudden fate... | |
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