The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The fall of Robespierre. Poems. A course of lectures. OmnianaW. Pickering, 1836 - Literature |
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... Hear ye that outcry ? -If the trembling members Even for a moment hold his fate suspended , I swear by the holy poniard , that stabbed Cæsar , This dagger probes his heart ! [ Exeunt omnes . ACT II . SCENE - The Convention . ROBESPIERRE ...
... Hear ye that outcry ? -If the trembling members Even for a moment hold his fate suspended , I swear by the holy poniard , that stabbed Cæsar , This dagger probes his heart ! [ Exeunt omnes . ACT II . SCENE - The Convention . ROBESPIERRE ...
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... Hear me ! Beneath the vengeance of the law Traitors have perish'd countless ; more survive : The hydra - headed faction lifts anew Her daring front , and fruitful from her wounds , Cautious from past defects , contrives new wiles ...
... Hear me ! Beneath the vengeance of the law Traitors have perish'd countless ; more survive : The hydra - headed faction lifts anew Her daring front , and fruitful from her wounds , Cautious from past defects , contrives new wiles ...
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... Hear ye this , Insulted delegates of France ? St. Just From your committee comes - comes charged to speak Of matters of high import - yet omits Their orders ! Representatives of France , That bold man I denounce , who disobeys The ...
... Hear ye this , Insulted delegates of France ? St. Just From your committee comes - comes charged to speak Of matters of high import - yet omits Their orders ! Representatives of France , That bold man I denounce , who disobeys The ...
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... hears assembled France denounce his crimes ! He sees the mask torn from his secret sins- He trembles on the precipice of fate . Fall'n guilty tyrant ! murder'd by thy rage , How many an innocent victim's blood has stain'd Fair freedom's ...
... hears assembled France denounce his crimes ! He sees the mask torn from his secret sins- He trembles on the precipice of fate . Fall'n guilty tyrant ! murder'd by thy rage , How many an innocent victim's blood has stain'd Fair freedom's ...
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... the Jacobins - the club Espouse the cause of Robespierre . Enter another MESSENGER . THIRD MESSENGER . All's lost - the tyrant triumphs . Henriot leads The soldiers to his aid . - Already I hear THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE . 25.
... the Jacobins - the club Espouse the cause of Robespierre . Enter another MESSENGER . THIRD MESSENGER . All's lost - the tyrant triumphs . Henriot leads The soldiers to his aid . - Already I hear THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE . 25.
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