 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...[This ipirit-stirring ode was suggested by the reading of Hume's history, during the winter of 1780.] WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 396 pages
...Atque Cupidinea dixit Dea cincta corona, Heu ! fallendi artem quam didicere parum. BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish, — write that word... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 710 pages
...from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning...! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...MORAL. Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. BOADICEA. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...of desp'rate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief ; Ev'ry burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief. Princess ! if our aged eyes Weep upon... | |
 | Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...Thy patient spirit to thy duties give, Regard the dead ! but to the living, live ! BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage and full of... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory I LESSON XCVI. Boadicea* — COWPER. 1. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, 2. Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid,f hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he spoke Full of... | |
 | Edwin Guest - English language - 1838 - 346 pages
...: or slav|ery|. Again, what stern energy has Cowper breathed over the spirit of the warrior queen ! When | the Brit|ish: war|rior queen|, Bleed|ing from|...| with an| : indig|nant mien|, Coun|sel of | : her coun|try Gods|, &c. How different the rhythm from that, in which he introduces the heart-broken wretchedness... | |
 | 1839 - 320 pages
...wish of Mary Myr.vin was accomplished ; — she shares her husband's grave ! ВОЛШСЕЛ. AN ODE. When the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief ; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...Atijue CupidineA dixit Dea cineta coronA, Hcu ! fallendi artem quam didicere parum. BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, SaI beneath a spreading oak it the Druid, hoary chief, Every burning word he spoke Full of rage and... | |
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Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish, — write that word In the blood that she has spilt ; Perish hopeless and abhorred, Deep in ruin as in guilt. 
