 | Henry Green - 1858 - 182 pàgines
...naso crispante, with curling or wrinkled nose. Note 8, page 32. " In tattle-state enthroned." " 'Twas at the royal feast for Persia, won By Philip's warlike...sate On his imperial throne, His valiant peers were placed around." Dryden's Alexander's Feast. Note 9, page 33. "The highest pomp not long endures." As... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pàgines
...ASSISTANCE, not only between individuals, but between the nations of the earth. ALEXANDER'S FEAST. 'Twas at the royal feast, for Persia won By Philip's warlike son, Aloft in awful state, The god-like hero sat On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were placed around, Their lirows with roses and with... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 336 pàgines
...from the military to the tender. It is a fine bravura piece, full of exhibitionist virtuosity: Twas at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike...sate On his imperial throne; His valiant peers were placed around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound: (So should desert in arms be crowned.)... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 pàgines
...to please him. Alexander's Fean or The 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...sate On his imperial throne. His valiant peers were placed around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound: (So should desert in arms be crowned.)... | |
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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... 
