 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...warms. Lift not thy fpear againft the Mufes' bower : The great Emathian conqueror bid fpare 10 The houfe of Pindarus, when temple' and tower Went to the ground : and the repeated air Of fad Eleftra's poet had the power To fave th' Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. To a virtuous young... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...POEMS. not thy fpear againft the Mufes' bower: The great Emathian conqueror bid fpare 10 The houfe of Pindarus, when temple' and tower Went to the ground : and the repeated air Of fad Eleftra's poet had the power To fave th' Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. Ta a. virtuous young... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...Lift not thy fpcar againft the Mufes' bower : The great Cmathian conqueror bid fpare io The houfe uf Pindarus, when temple' and tower Went to the ground : and the repeated air Of fad Eleilra's poet had the power To fave th' Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. To a virtuoui young... | |
 | George Ellis - English poetry - 1803 - 476 pages
...bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower ! The great Emathian conqueror did spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower...repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save th' Athenian walls from ruin bare. RICHARD CRASHAW, Author of " Steps to the Temple. Sacred Poems,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...Muses' bower: The great Eraathion conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple' andtoa"r Went to the ground : and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save th' Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. To a virtuous young Lady. 1 '••.i-'. that in the prime of... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1809 - 666 pages
...he had as good right to en" pect this favour as Pindar'') he says, The great Emathian conqueror did spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground (Sonn. viii.) Diod. Sic. xvii. 10 — 13. reports many prodigies, which an, nounced this disastrous... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...sun's hright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muse's bower : The great Emathian conquerour bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower...the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare. 1 L • C7v IXXEIS. IV. SONNETS. V. TO THE MARGARET LEY, 261 :e of earliest J** thebroad«!»* irt... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muse's bower : The great Emathian conquerour bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower...the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare. s2 IV. TO A VIRTUOUS YOUNG LADY. LADY, that in the prime of earliest youth Wisely hast shunn'd the... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower ; The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple...repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save th' Athenian walls from ruin bare. XIII. ACME AND SEPTIMUS, FROM CATULLUS. COWLEY. WHILST on Septimus'... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...not thy spear against the Muses bower : The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pimlarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground : and the...the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare. IX. «tO A VIRTUOUS YOUNO LADT. LADY, that in the prime of earliest youth [green, Wisely hast shunn'd... | |
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Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against... 
