 | John Dryden - Fables - 1713 - 614 pages
...valiant Peers were plac'd around ; Their Bro ws with Rofes and with Myrtles bound. (So fhou'd Defert in Arms be Crown'd :) The Lovely Thais by his Side, Sate like a blooming Eaftern Bride In Flow'r of Youth and Beauty's Pride. Happy, happy, happy Pair! i None but the Brave,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1777 - 644 pages
...POWER OF MUSIC. AN ODE. IN HONOUR OP ST. CECILIA'S DAY. I. "TwAs at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne : His valiaut peers were plac'd around, Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound, (So should desert... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 416 pages
...POWER OF MUSIC. AN ODE. IN HONOUR OF ST. CECILIA'S DAY. I. 'TwAS at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On hisimperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around, Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound,... | |
 | David Humphreys - United States - 1804 - 440 pages
...son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sat On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were plac'd around, Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound; {So should desert in arms be crown 'd,) The lovely Thais by his side, Sat like a blooming eastern bride, In flow'r of youth and... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...Upon th' unworthy mind." ALEXANDER'S FEAST. BY DRYDEN. 'TwAS at the royal feast, for Persia won, By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The god-like...sate On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtle bound: So should desert in arms he crown'd. The... | |
 | Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - English poetry - 1806 - 456 pages
...state . • ... • : ... The god like hero sate On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were plac'd around Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound,...So should desert in arms be crown'd , ) The lovely Thaïs by his side Sate like a blooming eastern bride DRYDEN. ODE POUR LE JOUR DE S te . CÉCILE. LA... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 pages
...IN HONOR OF ST. CECILIA'S DAY. 1 WAS at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : k Aloft, in awful state, The godlike hero sate, On his imperial throne : His valiant peers were plac'd around ; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound, (So should desert in arms be crown'd)... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 506 pages
...poetry, are fully discussed in the general criticism. I. 'IWAS at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft, in awful state, The...with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crowned.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming eastern bride, In flower of youth and... | |
 | John Dryden - English literature - 1808 - 500 pages
...tyiical poetry, are fully discussed in the general criticism. I. at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft, in awful state, The...His valiant peers were placed around; Their brows witli roses and with myrtles bound ; (So should desert in arms be crowned.) The lovely Thais, by his... | |
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...CHAP. XXXIII. ALEXANDER'S FEAST. 'TWAS at the 'royal feast, for Persia won By .Philip's warlike SoD ^ Aloft in awful state The god-like hero sate On his imperial throne ; .His valiant peers were plae'd around ; Their brows with roses and with myrtle bound : So should desert in arms be crown'd.... | |
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Twas at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son : Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne... 
