 He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.  History of Civilisation - 第 162 頁William Alexander Mackinnon 著 - 1846完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 470 頁
...opinions,— " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Xor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 頁
...narrow case; That thence the royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn. While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed hio comely head Down, as upon a bed. And he who wrote this was Cromwell's Latin Secretary ! and... | |
 | Jarrold and sons, ltd - 1872 - 276 頁
...death, and beheaded at Whitehall, 1649. His constancy and Christian conduct at the last were remarkable. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable...vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. On his death the office of King was abolished, and the government... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1872 - 564 頁
...actor horne The tragic scaffold might adorne ; While round the armfed bands • 55 Did clap their bludy hands. He nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable...scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did trye ; 60 Nor called the gods, with vulgar spight, To vindicate his helplesse right ; But bowed his... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1873 - 486 頁
...have envied it at the close of his usurpation. Marvell, a lover of liberty, has done it justice: — " He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable...vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." When will a court-poet write such verses upon a freeman?... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1992 - 260 頁
...himself, and his sword is pure spirit also. "He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene.... Nor called the gods with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." What a transit was that of his horizontal body alone, but... | |
 | Richard Braverman - 1993 - 366 頁
...his "comely head" in compliance to the axe which bespoke the "bloody hands" of Cromwell's soldiers: He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable...scene: But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try. Shortly before the "axe's edge did try," Cromwell purportedly told Algernon Sidney "we will cut offhis... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 1993 - 276 頁
...the scene: That thence the Royal Actor born The Tragick Scaffold might adorn: While round the armed Bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable Scene. 36 The figure is handled with uncommon analytical power, but the materials themselves are so commonplace... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 頁
...better than Marvell the king's theatricalism on that extraordinary political occasion of his execution: He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable Scene: But with his keener Eye The Axes edge did try: Nor call'd the Gods with vulgar spight To vindicate his helpless Right, But bow'd... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 頁
...narrow case: That thence the royal actor bom The tragic scaffold might adom: While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common...scene; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try: 60 Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head... | |
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