 | M. R. Gloag - 1906 - 406 pages
...sinking years. Yet Freedom hence her radiant banner wav'd, And love aveng"da realm by priests enslav'd. From Catherine's wrongs a nation's bliss was spread, And Luther's light from Henry's lawless bed.' "I hope the satire on Henry VIII. will make you excuse the compliment to Luther,... | |
 | Paul Yvon - 1924 - 252 pages
...In Li.lteralnre anglaise, Paris, 1920, p. 139. 3. Examples abound : Opposition between two lines : From Catherine's wrongs a Nation's bliss was spread, And Luther's light from Henry's lawless bed. End of the piece In dtyt of old. increases their obscurity. From the strong but... | |
 | James William Lowther Ullswater (1st viscount) - 1925 - 384 pages
...cut: — In days of old here Ampthill's towers were seen, The mournful refuge of an injured queen : Here flowed her pure but unavailing tears, Here blinded...nation's bliss was spread And Luther's light from Henry's lawless bed. CHAPTER VI The ADC— The OS— Ampthill Park— Lord and Lady Wensleydale From... | |
 | 320 pages
...mournful refuge of the injured queen' Katharine, the lines: "Yet Freedom hence her radiant banners waved And love avenged a realm by priests enslaved....nation's bliss was spread And Luther's light from Henry's lawless bed." These lack, says Mitford, the ' metaphorical beauty ' of Gray's couplet. The... | |
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