 Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...  Poems: Now First Collected - Page 160by Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry William Herbert, Horace Smith - Great Britain - 1840 - 1020 pages
...strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks!' — I would 'see her, as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam,' yea ! spreading forth to the four winds of heaven her long-abused and fettered pinions, superbly floating... | |
 | Henry William Herbert - Great Britain - 1840 - 370 pages
...strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks! 1 —I would 'see her, as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam/ yea! spreading forth to the four winds of heaven her long-abused and fettered pinions, superbly floating... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...nation, rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincihle locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day heam ; purging and unsealing her long-ahused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while... | |
 | 1858 - 498 pages
...herself like a strong man, after sleep, and shaking her in\incible locks, was seen as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day oeam, purging and unsealing her long abused sight, at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance." Noble... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - Forensic orations - 1842 - 540 pages
...strong man after sleep, " and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle " nursing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused " sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance."* Scotland having received free institutions... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...his genius, at length (to accommodate a magnificent figure of his own), " mewing," like " an eagle, her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam" of sacred inspiration—" purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...nation rousing herself like a strong man after slee\), and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling...at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
 | John Prince - Bible - 1846 - 490 pages
...nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling...the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing . her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
 | John Prince - Bible - 1846 - 480 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagl« inning her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes...the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
 | Hugh Swinton Legaré - Statesmen - 1846 - 652 pages
...strong man after sleep, and shaking: her invincible locks — methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance — while the whole noise of timorous... | |
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