 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 482 pages
...hand, but spreads her charms in vain; <v Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Go.thic standards fly, And all...cold his course delay ;— Hide, blushing Glory, hide Fultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1819 - 538 pages
...spreads her charms in vain : " Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain ; " On Moscow's wall till Gothic standards fly, " And all be mine beneath...state, And nations on his eye suspended wait. Stern famin;1 guards the solitary co.ist, Aud winter barricades the realm of frost. i PYRRHUS. 11? The crowd... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Covenanters - 1819 - 346 pages
...begins in military state, And nations on his eyes suspended wait ; Stern famine guards the solitafy coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost ;...He comes, — nor want, nor cold, his course delay Vanity of Human Wiskts. BY break of day, Montrose received in his cabin old MacEagh, and questioned... | |
 | Walter Scott - Covenanters - 1819 - 348 pages
...Bulwark of the Protestant Faith. CHAPTER IX. The march begins in military state, And nations on his eyes suspended wait; Stern famine guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realms of frost; He comes,—nor want, nor cold, his course delay. Vanity of Human Wishes. BY break of day, Montrose received... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...nothing gain'd, he cries, till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all he mine beneath the polar sky." The march begins in military...— Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquisu'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shews his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 368 pages
...his hand, but spreads her charms in vain ; "Think nothing gain'd," he cries, "till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all...military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait ; * Ver. 133— U6. f Vcr- 1*7—167. Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 314 pages
...his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; " Think nothing gain'd," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all...vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...hand, but spreads her charms in vain, " Think nothing gained," he cries, " till nought remain ; " On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, " And all...— Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquished hero leaves his broken bands, And shews his miseries in distant lands ; Condemned a needy... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 320 pages
...courts his hand, but spreads her charms in 'Think nothing gain'd (he cries) till nought remain ; On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all...vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait; While ladies interpose, and slaves... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1822 - 504 pages
...hand, but spreads her charms in vain : " Think nothing gain'd," he cried, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls, till Gothic standards fly, And all...guards the solitary coast, And winter barricades the realm of frost: He comes — not want and cold bis course delayHide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's... | |
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The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day: The... 
