As when some great and gracious monarch dies, Soft whispers, first, and mournful murmurs rise Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers voice, and spreads the news around, Through town and country, till the dreadful blast Is blown to distant... The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Seite 418von Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Dryden - 1866 - 348 Seiten
...ABINGDON. As when some great and glorious monarch dies, . Soft whispers, first, and mournful murmurs rise Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers...last; Who, then, perhaps, were offering vows in vain, * It appears, from the dedication to the Earl of Abingdon, that this poem was written at his Lordship's... | |
| John Dryden - 1867 - 556 Seiten
..." As, when some great and gracious monarch dies, Soft whispers, first, and mournful murmurs, rls« Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers...blown to distant colonies at last, Who then, perhaps, wore offering vows in vain, For his long life, and for his happy reign ; So slowly, by degrees, unwilling... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1869 - 602 Seiten
...— " Thus, when some great and gracious monarch dies, Soft whispers first and mournful murmurs rise Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers...dreadful blast Is blown to distant colonies at last." There have been no such limitations to the sorrow for Chalmers. The United States and the Continent... | |
| John Dryden - 1897 - 764 Seiten
...some great and gracious monarch dies, Tie hitroSoft whispers first and mournful murmurs rise auem*. Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers...Through town and country, till the dreadful blast 5 Is blown to distant colonies at last ; Who then perhaps were offering vows in vain For his long life... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - 1871 - 468 Seiten
...rhyming together, when introduced into a poem, most of whose lines rhyme in pairs or couplets ; as, So slowly, by degrees, unwilling fame ) Did matchless Eleonora's fate proclaim, >• Till public as the loss the news became. ) VIII. The DLERESIS (••), placed over either (generally which... | |
| John Dryden - 1874 - 740 Seiten
...DRYDEN. As when some great and gracious monarch dies, Soft whispers, first, and mournful murmurs rise Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers...: "Who then, perhaps, were offering vows in vain, t For his long life, and for his happy reign : So slowly, by degrees, unwilling fame Did matchless... | |
| Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1878 - 570 Seiten
...: " Thus, when some great and gracious monarch dies, Soft whispers first and mournful murmurs rise There have been no such limitations to the sorrow for Chalmers. The United States and the Continent... | |
| W. F. March Phillipps - 1879 - 384 Seiten
...ABINGDON. j|S, when some great and gracious monarch dies, Soft whispers first, and mournful murmurs rise Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers...in vain For his long life, and for his happy reign ; So slowly, by degrees, unwilling Fame Did matchless Eleanora's fate proclaim, Till public as the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1879 - 510 Seiten
...: ' As when some great and gracious monarch dies, Soft whispers, first, and mournful murmurs rise, Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers...in vain, For his long life, and for his happy reign : So slowly, by degrees, unwilling fame Did matchless Eleonora's fate proclaim, Till public as the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1881 - 570 Seiten
...lamented. t As when some great and gracious monarch dies, Soft whispers, first, and mournful murmurs rise Among the sad attendants ; then the sound Soon gathers...in vain, For his long life, and for his happy reign : So slowly by degrees, unwilling fame Did matchless Eleonora's fate proclaim, Till publick as the... | |
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