Yea, hearts that had never been molten with pity were molten with fear as with flame, And the priests of the Godhead whose temple is hell, and his heart is of iron and fire, And the swordsmen that served, and the seamen that sped them, whom peril... Bibliothèque universelle et revue suisse - Page 124edited by - 1891Full view - About this book
| Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1889 - 232 pages
...mightiest heart in one, Stands not higher than when the centuries known of earth were less by three, II. At her feet were the heads of her foes bowed down,...stayed, And the hearts that were touched not with mercy wilh terror were touched and amazed and affrayed : Yea, hearts that had never been molten with pity... | |
| Algernon Charles-Swinburne - 1917 - 378 pages
...were less by three, When the strength that struck the whole world pale fell back from hers undone. At her feet were the heads of her foes bowed down, and the strengths of the storm of them stayed, Yea, hearts that had never been molten with pity were molten with fear as with flame, And the priests... | |
| 1890 - 620 pages
...nothing to the reason, and stanzas of which one seems to have much the same meaning as another : — ' At her feet were the heads of her foes bowed down, and the strengths of the storm of them ctayed, And the hearts that were touched not with mercy with terror were touched and amazed and ali'rnyed... | |
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