 | Edward Young - 1767
...headlong from his throne the tyrant threw : Thrown headlong do*wn, by Rome in triumph ledy For this night's deed his perjur'd bofom bled : His brother's ghoft each moment made him ft art, And all his father s anguiJh rent his heart. Whin, rob' din black, his children round him bungt.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779
...headlong from his throne the tyrant threw : Thrown headlong down, by Rome in triumph led, For this night's deed his perjur'd bofom bled : His brother's...rais'd arms in early forrow wrung; The younger fmil'd, unconfcious of their woe; At which thy tears, O Rome! began to flow; So fad the fcene ! What then muft... | |
 | English poets - 1790
...headlong from his throne the tyrant threw : . . Thrown. headlong down, by Rome in triumph led,Eor this night's deed his perjur'd bofom bled : His brother's...rais'd arms in early forrow wrung ;The younger fmil'd, unconfcious of their woe ; At which thy tears, O Rome ! began to flow ; So fad the fceae ! What then... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797
...brother's ghost each moment made him start, And all his father's anguish rent his heart. When roh'd in black his children round him hung, And their rais'd arms in early sorrow wrung ; The younger smil'd, unconscious of their woe ; At"which thy tears, O Rome ! began toflow... | |
 | Edward Young - 1799
...perjur'd bofom bled : His brother's ghofteach moment made him Itart, 15 And all his father's angui(h rent his heart. When, rob'd in black, his children...rais'd arms in early forrow wrung ; The younger fmil'd, unconlcious of their woe, At which thy tears, O Rome ! began to flow, ao So fad the fcene : what then... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 507 pages
...headlong from his throne the tyrant threw : Thrown headlong down, by Rome in triumph led, For this night's deed his perjur'd bofom bled : His brother's...each moment made him ftart, And all his. father's anguifli rent his heart. « '.,;'-•« r'-. . •- i . ' > ...' . - 1 .' ' * ,. • . • * ' ' .... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - Actors - 1801 - 389 pages
...bosom bled : ; ••'"His brother's ghost each moment made 1 him -start, all his" father's anguish rent his heart. When rob'd in black his children round him hung, And their rais'd arms- in early sorrow wrung ; The younger sm^d, unconscious of their woe, ' "At which thy tears, O Rome ! began to... | |
 | Edward Young - 1802
...his perjur'd bosom bled: His brother's ghost each moment made him start, And all his father's anguish rent his heart. When, rob'd in black, his children round him hung, And their rais'd arms in early sorrow wrung; The younger smil'd, unconscious of their woe; At which thy tears, 0 Rome! began to flow;... | |
 | English poetry - 1803
...perjur'd boscm bled : His brother's ghost each moment made him start, And all his father's anguish rent his heart. When, rob'd in black, his children round him hung, And their raii'd arms in early sorrow wrung; The younger smil'd, unconscious of their woe, At which thy tears,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804
...hisptrjur'd bofom bled: His brother's j;hoft each moment made him furt, Ami all his father's ant>uifh rent his heart. When, rob'd in black, his children round him hung. And their rais'd srms in early forrow wrung ; The younger fniil'd, unconfcmus ol ihrir woe; At which thy tears, О Rome... | |
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Rome swift thunder flew, And headlong from his throne the tyrant threw : Thrown headlong down, by Rome in triumph led, For this night's deed, his perjur'd bosom bled. His brother's ghost each moment made him start, And all his father's anguish rent his... 
