| John Heneage Jesse - 1844 - 432 pages
...awe-commanding face, Attempered sweet to virgin grace. — Gray's Bard. t Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous...dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear. — Gray's Bard. greatness, and the " princely pleasures,'" as they were called, (and I believe made... | |
| 1854 - 696 pages
...handsome one. that great-hearted age, what points did his eyes seize ? Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous...dames and statesmen old In bearded majesty appear. Shakspeare will preserve the custom in everlasting remembrance, alone. For who does not remember the... | |
| William Collins - 1844 - 328 pages
...All htil,?ye genuine kings! Britannia's issue hail I III. 2. ' Girt with many a haron hold, Suhlime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In hearded majesty, appear. In the midst a form divine ! Ilereye proclaims herof the Briton-lino ; Her... | |
| William Collins - 1844 - 324 pages
...All hail,J ye genuine kings! Britannia's issue haill III. 2. ' Girt with many a haron hold, Suhlime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In hearded majesty, appear. In the midst a form divine ! Ilereye proclaims her of the Briton-line ; Her... | |
| General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...Arthur we bewail : All hail, ye genuine kings ! Britannia's issue, hail ! " Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous...!— Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-line ; Her lion port, her awe-commanding race, Attemper'd sweet to virgin-grace.— What strings symphonious tremble... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...bewail : All hail,3 ye genuine kings, Britannia's issue, hail ! III. 2. " Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear; And gorgeous...divine ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-line ; Her lion-port, her awe-commanding face, Attempered sweet to virgin grace. What strings symphonious tremble... | |
| Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1845 - 512 pages
...maiden monarch, but not as she appeared to the poetic vision of Gray. " Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen old In bearded majesty [not the ladies, we hope] appear. In the midst a form divine, Her eye proclaims her of the Tudor line;... | |
| Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 850 pages
...amiable, and yet so piercing in his looks, as inspired me at once with love and terrorSpectator, No. 63. In the midst a form divine ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-line ; Her lion-port, her awe-commanding face, Attemper'd sweet to virgin-grace. Gray's Bard. Young persons little... | |
| 1846 - 436 pages
...seemed to be accomplished in the House of Tudor. " Girt with many a baron bold, Sublime their stony fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames, and statesmen...bearded majesty appear. In the midst a form divine ! i Her eye proclaims her of the Briton line ; Her lion-port, her awe-commanding face, Attempered sweet... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1847 - 276 pages
...All-hail, ye genuine Kings ! Britannia's issue, hail! in. 2. " Girt with many a Baron bold, Sublime then ' starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous Dames, and...divine ! Her eye proclaims her of the Briton-line; Her lion-port, her awe-commanding face, Attemper'd sweet to virgin-grace. What strings symphonious tremble... | |
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