 Lo! at the Wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar, Dragg'd in the Dust! his Arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our Youth, all liv'ry'd o'er with foreign Gold, Before her dance; behind her...  An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope - Seite 429von Joseph Warton - 1782Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Hazlitt - 1928 - 406 Seiten
...hers the laws ; Mounts the tribunal, lifts her scarlet head, And sees pale Virtue carted in her stead. Lo ! at the wheels of her triumphal car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a scar, Dragg'd in the dust 1 his arms hang idly round, His flag inverted trains along the ground ! Our... | |
 | William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - 1899 - 390 Seiten
...hers the laws, Mounts the tribunal, lifts her scarlet head, And sees pale virtue carted in her stead. Lo ! at the wheels of her triumphal car, Old England's genius, rough with many a scar, Dragged in the dust ! his arms hang idly round, His flag inverted trails along the ground ! Our... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 Seiten
...spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT. He can also write, in the Epilogue to the Satires: Lo! at the wheels of her triumphal car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a scar, Dragged in the dust! his arms hang idly round, His flag inverted trails along the ground! Our... | |
 | Ralph Ketcham - 1987 - 294 Seiten
...hers the Laws, Mounts the Tribunal, lifts her scarlet head, And sees pale Virtue carted in her stead. Lo! at the wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar, Dragged in the dust! his arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our... | |
 | Colin Nicholson - 1994 - 252 Seiten
...hers the Laws: Mounts the Tribunal, lifts her scarlet head, And sees pale Virtue carted in her stead! Lo! at the Wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar Dragg'd in the Dust! his Arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1998 - 260 Seiten
...the laws, Mounts the tribunal, lifts her scarlet head, And sees pale Virtue carted in her stead. 150 Lo! at the wheels of her triumphal car, Old England's genius, rough with many a scar, Dragged in the dust! his arms hang idly round, His flag inverted trails along the ground! Our... | |
 | Dustin Griffin - 2005 - 332 Seiten
...Scar," is imagined as a defeated soldier in the triumphal prcxx'ssion of Vice: "Dragg'd in the Dust! His Arms hang idly round, / His Flag inverted trails along the ground!" (lines 152 54). British maritime trade: "This is the pow'r my rival's hate would lure / From you and... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 2004 - 440 Seiten
...THE noble defcription of the triumph, of VICE, one of the moft pi<flurefque in al^ his works, mufl not be here omitted. Lo ! at the wheels of her triumphal...car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a fear, Dragp;'d in the duft; his arms hang idly round, His flag inverted trails along the ground ! Our youth,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1926 - 312 Seiten
...the Laws, Mounts the Tribunal, lifts her scarlet head, And sees pale Virtue carted in her stead. 150 Lo ! at the wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar, Dragg'd in the dust; his arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our... | |
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