 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1841 - 358 pages
...like our forefather DONNE, Seek heavenly wealth, and work for God alone. VOL. n. 2 K BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior Queen, Bleeding from the...beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Princess ! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, Tis because resentment ties All the terrors... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. BOADICEA 1. WHEN the British warriour queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods. II. Sage beneath the spreading oak ' Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he spoko Full of... | |
 | James Miller - East Lothian (Scotland) - 1844 - 536 pages
...thousands of sheep, besides horses. The Frenchified queen of Scotland now acted like another Boadicea : " When the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant mem, Counsel of her country's gods." — COWPER. She accompanied the army, which was commanded by the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1845 - 394 pages
...thou — like our forefather DONNE, Seek heavenly wealth, and work for God alone. BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior Queen, Bleeding from the...! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, "IV because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish — write that word In... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...Thy sons, O wretched Portugal ! Roused at their feats of chivalry. ANONYMOUS. 58. BOADICEA, AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties Rome shall perish — write that word In the blood that she has spilt... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...Latin species, an appearance; hence specious ill is evil which has the appearance of good. B 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 Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 342 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...grief. " Princess ! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matehless wrongs, T is because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. " Rome shall perish... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1846 - 398 pages
...on himself! 2. EXERCISE ON RHYTHMICAL READING. BOADICEA.— COWPER. WHEN the British warrior-queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with an indignant...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 / ii Weep... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 372 pages
...Restât adliuc citharœ gratia, restât amor. и. II. ÎSoaïrfoa. WHEN the British warrior-queen, Bleeding 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 word he spoke Full of rage, and full of... | |
 | William Linwood - College verse - 1846 - 340 pages
...superstes Restât adhuc citharœ gratia, restât amor. I. •Jöoaöiccn. WHEN the British warrior-queen, Bleeding 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 word he spoke Full of rage, and full of... | |
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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. 
