 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pàgines
...creep, 115 By whispering winds soon lullVl asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, 1^0 With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Bain influence, and judge the prize Of wit^ or arms, while... | |
 | John Britton, Thomas Rees - 1813 - 734 pàgines
...and, though of great strength, it seems to have been one of those hospitable mansions," Wbere Huongs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, than than one of " those rugged fortresses degtined solely for war." * Within its moat it contains... | |
 | Jane West - 1814 - 378 pàgines
...privacy of her father's castle, rather than in the presence of so many aspiring rivals. CHAP. VII. Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of lidies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
 | Allatson Burgh - 1814 - 526 pàgines
...courtesy of chivalry , it is the practice of heralds to blazon arms for unmarried ladies in a lozenge. " Where throngs of knights and barons bold, " In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, " With store of ladies, whose bright eyes " Rain influence, and judge the prize " Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
 | William Scott - 1814 - 424 pàgines
...earlier season lead, To the tann'd haycock in the mead. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumph hold ; ^ With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1815 - 570 pàgines
...diversion must be regarded, it always reminded me of Milton's description of the entertainments, " Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold ; With stare of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the Prize." As soon as the Bull Feast... | |
 | William Macgregor Stirling - 1815 - 230 pàgines
...time," when, in gayer moments, it might be said, that here, as well as in " the busy haunts of men," " throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold ; With stoje of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence." We may well suppose that every amusement would... | |
 | 1816 - 852 pàgines
...ASH. S'.C ASH-WEDNESShaJc. The fnake throws her enamelled Ikin Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in. Throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold With ftore of ladies. Miitot Lately your fair hand in womaii'g <weed Wrapp'd my glad head. Waller. _,. It is ufed by Chapman... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pàgines
...creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of nun, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes "•Jin influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pàgines
...they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men ; Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold; With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
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With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. 
