 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...destroy, Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, firM another Troy CHORUS. r averting harms,) The same which in a sire the sons...father of a people made. VI. Till then, by Nature fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn 'd to blow, While organs yet were mute... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...glittering temples of their hostile gods! The princes applaud, with a furious joy; And the king seiz'da flambeau, with zeal to destroy : Thais led the way,...To light him to his prey; And, like another Helen — fir'd another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ! And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy...another Helen — fired another Troy. Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timotheus, to his breathing flute... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud, with a furious joy ; And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy...prey ! And, like another Helen, fired another Troy ! DRYDEN. ARIEL'S SONG. Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie ; There I couch... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - English language - 1844 - 372 pages
...Persian abodes And glittering temples of the hostile gods ! The princes applaud with a furious joy, And the king seized a flambeau, with zeal to destroy...prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy." CHAPTER XIII. OF EPIC POETRT. Q. What rank does the Epic hold in poetry? A. It generally occupies the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...-And, like another Helen, fir'd another Troy. i Thus long ago, Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, i owing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit...; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket i ' At last divine Cecilia came, 'l luventrese of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...pavilion of Alexander's triumph? Yes: audits remains stand the memorial of his wantonness, hence " Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen fired another Troy." Let us walk to the southern extremity of the eastern colonnade ; an immense mound of ruins meets the... | |
 | Leonhard Schmitz - Classical literature - 1844 - 458 pages
...latter, she hides herself from the vengeance of the Trojans. See 11. 571-4. The verses in Dryden's Ode, Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And, like another Helen, fired another Troy, probably allude to the incident in the 6th jEneid, but Virgil does not represent Helen as actually... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pages
...abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods ! The princes applaud, with• a furious Joy; And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy...another Helen, fired another Troy. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs yet were mute ; Timothens, to his breathing flute,... | |
 | Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...Energy and Dignity. And, like another Helen, fired — another Troy. Narrative. 11. Thus, long ago, Ere heaving bellows learned to blow, While organs...Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire. Narrative. 13. At last, divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame. The sweet enthusiast, from... | |
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The princes applaud with a furious joy : And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy ; Thais led the way To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy... 
