 Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against...  Classical examination papers, ed. by P.J.F. Gantillon - Page 202by Classical examination papers - 1870 - 262 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...circle warms. Lift not tby spear against the Muses' bower : The great Emathian conqueror bid spare 10 The house of Pindarus, when temple' and tower Went to the ground ; and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save ui' Athenian walls from ruin bare.... | |
 | Reuben Percy - Anecdotes - 1826 - 394 pages
...Alexander at the capture of Thebes, when in the language of the sublime Milton, " The great Ematbian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground." CHINESE MERCHANT. A Chinese Hong merchant, of the name of Shaiking-qua, had long known Mr. Anderson,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...and seas, Whatever clime the sun's brig.ht circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muse's bow'r: The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple' and tow'r Went to the ground : And the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the pow'r To save th' Athenian... | |
 | TREUTTEL - 1828 - 794 pages
...storm of war; for by Buonaparte's orders a guard was placed before his house for its protection. " The great Emathian Conqueror bid spare The house of...Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground." • " Wic die Natur (lie iiiiiii; ri'iclie brust," &c. Next morning Marshal Ney waited on him in person.... | |
 | John Williams - Greece - 1830 - 368 pages
...his brother bard : "Lift not thy spear against the muse's bower. Tiie great Emathian conqueror bad spare The house of Pindarus when temple and tower Went to the ground." We involuntarily invest a nation with a species of existence independent of the ever-shifting individuals... | |
 | Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore.) - 1832 - 280 pages
...phraseology of the passage, are from Milton's noble Sonnet, " When the assault was intended to the city." " The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple' and tow'r Went to the ground." CONVERSATION XXXI. CHRIST AT BETHANY. A. WE have now to accompany our blessed... | |
 | Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1833 - 240 pages
...and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower : The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of...Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground ; and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare.... | |
 | Joseph Ivimey - Poets, English - 1833 - 422 pages
...and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower : The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of...Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground : And the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare."... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower: The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of...Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground : and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare.... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 568 pages
...recognised and honoured as public benefactors, even in the tumult of civil war or foreign invasion. " The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of...Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground; and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet, had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare."... | |
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