| John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...they creep, 1 1 $ By whifpering winds foon lull'd afleep, Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, • The native belraan of the night, The bird that warned Peter of his fall, firft RINGS HIS SILVER... | |
| Christopher Smart - 1791 - 282 pages
...bed they creep, By whifpering winds foon lull'd afleep. Towred cities pler.fi us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold;*. In weeds of peace high triumph hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bright ey.es. Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit... | |
| 1793 - 376 pages
...creep, By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep. 116 Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufie humm of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With flore of ladies, whofe bright eies 121 Rain influence, and judge the prife Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of...grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In liffron robe, with taper clear, And Pomp, and Feaft, and Revelry, With Mauc and antique Pageantry,... | |
| Art - 1810 - 700 pages
...these rustic fiction« we are transported to another species of hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs holï, With stire sfljAei, whose bright eyej Rt in ¡rßumcf, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...bed they creep, By whifp'rins; winds toon lull d ailecp. Tow1 red cities plcafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With ftorc of ladies, whole bright eye» Rain influence, apd judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| Helen Maria Williams - France - 1796 - 472 pages
...to their enmity or alliance ; or in days of feftival, whatever we read of tilts and tournaments, " Where throngs of knights, and barons bold, " In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, " With ftore of ladies whofe bright eyes " Rain influence, and judge the prize " Of wit, or arms ;" might... | |
| Art - 1810 - 1018 pages
...species of hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of kn.igln-ts and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store ofladies, whose bright eyes Rain infiaence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...to bed they creep, By whifpering winds foon lull'd aficep. Towred cities pleafe uithcn, And thebufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With (lore of ladies whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the "prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| Apollo - 1800 - 224 pages
...his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, Tower'd cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With ftore ot ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend... | |
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