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. Waldie's Select Circulating Library - 第 72 頁1841完整檢視 - 關於此書
| Eliot Warburton - 1849 - 624 頁
...lost in the poet, and Andrew Marvell has left us this noble picture of the scaffold scene : ***** " While round the armed bands Did clasp their bloody...with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." 1 1 Aubrey de Vere, in poetry worthy of the time and... | |
| 1907 - 684 頁
...Return from Ireland,' would not have penned these pathetic Unes : — He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The...with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed. Such evidence as this, to which more might be added,... | |
| 1893 - 642 頁
...are« among the gems of English poetry :— He nothing common did nor mean Upon that memorable tcene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor...with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed. It was not an obvious thought that a stanza of four linee... | |
| Robert Southey - 1850 - 770 頁
...First. " WHILE round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; 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 Bpight To vindicate his helpless right ! But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." A x I>H i \\... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 324 頁
...adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. HE nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try: Abr calif d the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right! But bowed his comely head,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 326 頁
...adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands. HE nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : JVbr called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ! But bowed his comely head.... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 頁
...adorn. While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The...with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. And he who wrote this was Cromwell's Latin Secretary... | |
| Robert Southey - 1851 - 768 頁
...First " WHILE round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; Ho 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 spight To vindicate his helpless right ! But bowed his comely head Down as upon a bed." ANDREW MARVELL.... | |
| Edward Parry - 1851 - 532 頁
...ode to Cromwell. Alluding to the execution of that monarch, he says : — " While round, the aimed bands Did clasp their bloody hands, He nothing common did or mean Upon the memorable scene : But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with... | |
| 1852 - 302 頁
...monarch his pity and respect. f[e nothing common did or mean, ^- ' ; Upon that memorable scene ; 13ut with his keener eye, ' • The axe's edge did try...vulgar spite, • To vindicate his helpless right ! But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. If we may take Marvell's ode on Cromwell's return... | |
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