 | John Almon - 1786 - 328 Seiten
...crowning good, repreffing ill ; Smit by her facred frown, The fiend Diferetioa like a vapour finks, And e'en the all-dazzling Crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding fbrinks. Such was this heav'n-lov'd ifle, Than Lefbos fairer and the Cretan fhore ! No more fliall... | |
 | John Bell - 1794 - 574 Seiten
...Empress, crowning good, repressing ill ; Smit by her sacred frown, The fiend Discretion like a vapour sinks, And e'en the all-dazzling Crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such 'was this heav'n-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No more shall Freedom smile ? Shall Britons... | |
 | Apollo - 1800 - 224 Seiten
...crowning good, repreffing ill ; Smit by her facred frown, The fiend OPPRESSION, like a vapour finks, And e'en the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding fbrinks. ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. . rrH E curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The... | |
 | 1806 - 422 Seiten
...Empress, crowning good, repressing ill 5 Smit by her sacred frown, The fiend, discretion, like a vapor, sinks, And e'en the alldazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was this heavenloved isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No more shall freedom smile ? Shall Britons... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 Seiten
...repressing ill; Smit by her sacred frown The fiend Discretion like a vapour sinks, And e'en the all dazzling Crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was this heaven-loved isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No more shall Freedom smile ? Shall Britons... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1808 - 142 Seiten
...empress, crowning good, repressing ill ; Smit by her sacred frown The fiend, Discretion, like a vapour sinks, And e'en the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint...heaven-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No more shall Freedom smile ? Shall Britons languish, and be men no more? Since all must life resign,... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 Seiten
...repressing ill : Smit by her sacred frown The fiend, Discretion, like a vapour sinks, And e'en th' all-dazzling Crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. Such was this heav'n lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No more shall freedom smile ? Shall Britons... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 Seiten
...empress, crowning good, repressing ill : Smit by her sacred frown, The fiend Discretion * like a vapour sinks, And e'en the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint...heaven-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer and the Cretan shore ! No more shall freedom smile ? Shall Britons languish, and be men no more ? Since all must life resign,... | |
 | 1817 - 630 Seiten
...opinions at that moment : " Such ivas this heav'n-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer, and the Cretan shore ! No more shall Freedom smile ? Shall Britons languish, and be men no more ?" Some little time anterior to this indeed, he had re-strung his lyre on a very tempting occasion.... | |
 | 1817 - 630 Seiten
...opinions at that moment : " Such tuas this heav'n-lov'd isle, Than Lesbos fairer, and the Cretan shore ! No more shall Freedom smile ? Shall Britons languish, and be men no more ?" Some little time anterior to this indeed, he had re-strung his lyre on a very tempting occasion.... | |
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State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Smit by her sacred frown, The fiend, Dissension, like a vapor sinks; And e'en the all-dazzling crown Hides his faint rays, and at her bidding shrinks. 
