 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - France - 1814 - 98 pages
...bigot's shrine nor despot's throne. IX. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is rung — Too late thou hear'st the high command To which thy...world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean. 83 X. And earth hath spilt her blood for him Who thus can hoard his own ! And monarchs bow'd the trembling... | |
 | 1814 - 760 pages
...them Tent: « But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung ; All...been The footstool of a thing so mean ; « And Earth hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his own ! • And Monarchs bowed the trembling limb... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 34 pages
...throne. IX. 'But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung ; All...fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean ; I 14 ] • X. And Earth hath spilt her blood for him/ Who thus can hoard his own ! And Monarchs bowed... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1814 - 54 pages
...throne. IX. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung ; All...fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean ; [ 14] X. And Earth hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his own ! And Monarchs bowed... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1814 - 378 pages
...throne. IX. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung; All...fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean ; « Charles V. [ M] X. And Earth hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his own ! And Monarchs... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1814 - 572 pages
...band The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung i All evil spirit as thou art, It is enough to grieve...been The footstool of a thing so mean ; « And earth hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his own ! And monarchs bowed the trembling limb, And... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1814 - 88 pages
...shrine nor despot's throne. IX Too late thon hear'st the high eommand To whieh thy weakness elung; All Evil Spirit as thou art, It is enough to grieve...own unstrung ; To think that God's fair world hath heen The footstool of a thing so mean. And Earth hath spilt her blood for him Who thus ean hoard his... | |
 | 362 pages
...Kvil Spirit as thou art, It is enough to grime the heart, To wo tliine own unstrnng ; To think thai God's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean ; " And Karth halh spilt her blood for him, Who thus cau hoard }ns own !" The following is from the 1 1th stanza.... | |
 | Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...dotage trifled well : Yet better had he neither known "• A bigot's shrine, nor despot's throne. IX. But thou— from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt...world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean. x. The earth hath spilt her blood for him Who thus can hoard his own ! And monarchs bow'd the trembling... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 230 pages
...despot's throne. IX. But thou—from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung— Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung; All...fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean ; X. And Earth hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his own! And Monarchs bowed the trembling... | |
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All Evil Spirit as thou art, It is enough to grieve the heart To see thine own unstrung; To think that God's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean! 
