 Where each old poetic mountain Inspiration breath'd around; Ev'ry shade and hallow'd fountain Murmur'd deep a solemn sound: Till the sad Nine in Greece's evil hour Left their Parnassus for the Latian plains. Alike they scorn the pomp of tyrantpower, And...  Poems by Mr. Gray - Page 46by Thomas Gray - 1770 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1757 - 636 pages
...Greece's evil hour Left their Parnaffus for the Latian plains. Alike they fcorn the pomp of tyrant power, And coward Vice, that revels in her chains, When Latium...lofty fpirit loft, They fought, oh Albion ! next thy fca-encirc!ed coaft. III. 2. In thy green lap was Nature's darling laid, What time, where lucid Avon... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1768 - 142 pages
...fubfifted ever ince. 46 THE PROGRESS OF POESY. Till the fad Nine in Greece's evil hour Left their ParnafTus for the Latian plains. Alike they fcorn the pomp of...that revels in her chains. When Latium had her lofty Ipirit loft, They fought, oh Albion ! next thy fea-encircled III. i. [coaft. Far from the fun and fummer-gale,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 390 pages
...foon after the Refteration, and a new one arofe on the French model, which has fubfifted ever fined Till the fad Nine, in Greece's evil hour, Left their Parnaflus, for the Latian plains. Alike th«y fcorn the pomp of tyrant-powar, And coward Vice, that revels in her chains. When Latium had her... | |
 | Johann Joachim Eschenburg - 1789 - 454 pages
...Mountain Inspiration breath'd around: Ev'ry fhade and hallow'd Fountain .f Murmur'd deep a folemn found : Till the fad Nine in Greece's evil hour Left their Parnaflus for the Latían plains. Alike they fcorn the pomp' of tyrant Power, And coward Vice, that revels in her chains.... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...evil hour, Left their ParnaiTub for the Latian plains 5 Alike they (corn the porn p of tyiant pow'r, And coward vice, that revels in her chains. When Latium had her lofty fpirit loll, They fought, oh Albion ! next thy fea-cn« circled coaft. III. i. Far from the fun and fummer-galc,... | |
 | James Roach - 1793 - 274 pages
...* ' ."""''£ Left their Parnaffus fur the Latian plains, Alike they fcorn the pomp of tyrant pow'r; And coward vice, that revels in her chains. When Latium had her lofly fpirit lofl, They fought, O Albion ! next thy fea-encirckd coafl. . • . III. i. Far from the... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1036 pages
...found : Till the fad nine, in Greece's evil hour, Left their Parnaffu., for the Latian plains. /Mike they fcorn the pomp of tyrant-power, And coward vice, that revels in her chairn. When Latium had he'r lofty fpirit l.lft, [coaft They fought, oh Albion ! next thy fea-encircle<... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pages
...mountain Infpiraqon hrcath'd jiround ; Ev'ry made and hallow'd fountain Murmur'd deep a folemn found : Till the fad Nine, in Greece's evil hour, Left their...for the Latian plains. Alike they fcorn the pomp of tyrant pow'r, And coward vice, that revels in her chains. When Latium had her lofty fpirit loft, [coaft.... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pages
...mountain Infpiration breath'd around ; Ev'ry (hade and hallow 'd fountain. Murmui'd deep a folemn found : Till the fad nine, in Greece's evil hour, Left their...for the Latian plains. Alike they fcorn the pomp of tyrant power, And coward vice that revels in her chains. When Latium had her lofty fpirit loft, They... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1798 - 130 pages
...mountain. ' lufpiration breath'd around, Ev'ry fhade and hallow'd fountain jg Murmur'd deep a folemn found, Till the fad Nine, in Greece's evil hour, Left their...for the Latian plains : Alike they fcorn the pomp of tyrant Pow'r And coward Vice, that revels in her chains. So When Latium had her lofty fpirit loft,... | |
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