 | Richard Warner - 1824 - 364 pages
...Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose, expects his cv'ning prey. Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare ;('Reft...feast. Close by the regal chair, Fell thirst and famine scowle A baneful smile upon their baffled guest. "£ * The poet here alludes to the magnificence of... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1825 - 346 pages
...breathes all the plaintive softReft of a crown, lie yet may share the feast : Close by the regal chair 80 Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon...and horse to horse ? Long years of havoc urge their destined course,. 85 And through the kindred squadrons mow their way. ness, of Elegy. Again the scene... | |
 | James Norris Brewer - 1825 - 752 pages
...their state," sat with the king at table. In the year 1399, King Richard was again at Dublin ; but, " Close by the regal chair, Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon the baffled guest !" Whilst recruiting in this city the strength of an army enfeebled by ill-directed... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1825 - 310 pages
...so grateful to the ear." The conclusion of the evening offered nothing worthy of notice. CHAPTER XV. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? — GRAT. IT had been agreed, on account of the heat of the climate, Ibat the judicial combat, which... | |
 | 1825 - 710 pages
...Episcopal Chair! AH COMPENDIUM OF COUNTY HISTORY.— WILTSHIRE. HISTORY. ( Continued from p. 414 J " Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse .'" GRAY. 520. C'erdic laid siege to Banbury Castle, but was so completely defeated by Arthur, as not... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...Reft of a erown, he yet may share the feast : Close by the regal ehair Fell thirst and Ifamine seowl and yet in all the same ; Lanee to lanee, and horse to horse ? Long years of havoe urge their destin'd eourse, And through the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1825 - 380 pages
...so grateful to the ear." The conclusion of the evening offered nothing worthy of notice. CHAPTER XV. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to hone ? GHAY. IT had been agreed, on account of the heat of the climate, that the judicial combat, which... | |
 | Richard Gooch - 1825 - 248 pages
...robes, he yet may share the feast, Close by the master's chair. Contempt and laughter scowl A baneful smile upon their baffled guest. — Heard ye the din of battle bray, Gown to gown, and cap to cap ? Hark at the Johnian gates each thund'ring rap, While through opposing... | |
 | 1826 - 312 pages
...the sweeping Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects bis eveningprey. II. 3. « Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare,...of battle bray, Lance to lance, and horse to horse 'i Long years of havoc urge their destin'd course, .And through the kindred squadrons mow their way.... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1826 - 190 pages
...was starved to death. The story of his assassination, by Sir Piers of Exon, is of much later date. Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast: Close...Lance to lance, and horse to horse ? Long years of havock urge their destined course, And through the kindred squadrons mow their way. Ye towers of Julius,... | |
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Fill high the sparkling bowl, The rich repast prepare ; Reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast : Close by the regal chair Fell Thirst and Famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest. Heard ye the din of battle bray, Lance to lance, and... 
