 No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely...  The Life of John Milton - Page 39by Charles Symmons - 1822 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 356 pages
...clouds dividing ; And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes an universal peace through sea and land. No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes an universal peace through sea and land. Nor war, nor battle's sound, Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...clouds dividing ; And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes an universal peace through sea and land. No war, or battle's sound , Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung : The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armed... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...clouds dividing, 50 And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea ana IV. No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung ;55 The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armea... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...diffusion is the idea. It vrta peace: but otherwise it is classi- done as with a stroke. T. WarIV. No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up hung, 55 The hooked chariot stood, Unstain'd with hostile blood, The trumpet spake not to the armed... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - Egypt - 1825 - 454 pages
...ingulphing Tiber. — The Augustan age*: that surely was an age we may admire. * That age when " Nor war nor battle's sound Was heard the world around, The idle...blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; ROME. Why, read his life. — Titus the people's darling, or the golden age of Trajan ; we may think... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - Egypt - 1825 - 454 pages
...age* : that surely was an age we may admire. * That age when " Nor war nor battle's sound Was.heard the world around, The idle spear and shield were high...blood; . The trumpet spake not to the armed throng; Why read his life. — Titus the people's darling, or the golden age of Trajan; we may think with fondness... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - Egypt - 1825 - 454 pages
...ingulphing Tiber.—The Augustan age*: that surely was an age we may admire. * That age when " Nor war nor battle's sound Was heard the world around, The idle spear and shield were high uphung 5 The hooked chariot stood Why, read his life.—Titus the people's darling, or the golden age of Trajan... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 476 pages
...is a dignity and simplicity in these lines, worthy the maturest years, and the best times, st. iv. " No war, or battle's sound, " Was heard the world around, " The idle spear and shield were high up hung ; " The hooked chariot stood " Unstain'd with human blood ; " The trumpet spake not to the... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...clouds dividing ; And, waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes an universal peace through sea and land. No war, or battle's sound, Was heard the world around : The idle spear and sliicld were high up hung , The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake... | |
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