| William Dunbar - 1834 - 446 pages
...sources of ancient learning, when he exclaimed, — Some time let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! Line 38. The life of Tursalem.] Probably a mistake, as no such work or person is known. " There cannot... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1836 - 312 pages
...great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! II Penseroso. MOULTKIE. How delightful it is in this busy and tumultuous age — this carnival of... | |
| Charles Valentine De Grice - 1836 - 322 pages
...great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ! // Penseroso. MOULTE.IE. How delightful it is in this busy and tumultuous age — this carnival of... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 336 pages
...hath a true consent With planet, or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In seepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes' or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pages
...hath a true consent With planet, or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes' or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, O sad Virgin, that thy power... | |
| James Montgomery - 1840 - 340 pages
...highest rank of poetical achievements,— *' Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy, With sceptred pall, come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, ( Or the tale of Troy divine."—// Pi G Tet the noblest, most impassioned scenes are frequently distinguished from prose only by the cadence... | |
| 1840 - 372 pages
...hath a true consent With planet or with element. Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes' or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, oh sad virgin, that thy... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...hath a true consent With plane!, or with element Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy in scepter'd pall come aces, he Whose image thou art ; him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But, 0 sad virgin, that thy... | |
| 1843 - 582 pages
...hath a true consent With planet or with element. Some time let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter*d pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage." 1. What is the meaning of "outwatch... | |
| 1843 - 534 pages
...object of contemplation as far as possible : — " Sometimes let gorgeous tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops line, Or the tale of Troy divine." Indeed, to imagine a tragedy with its deep thrilling interest, and its agonizing conclusion taking... | |
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