 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...ij fur madness rul'd the hour, Would prove bis own expressive power. First Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Ev'n at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rush'd ; his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Each, for madness rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expressive power. First Fear his hand, its skill Why then, I say, the public is a fool. But let them own, that greater fault Ev'n at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rush'd : his eyes on fire In lightnings own'd his secret... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...Each, for Madness rnled the hour, Would prove his own expressive power. First Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rush'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...(for Madness rul'd the hour) 15 Would prove his own expressive power. First Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Ev'n at the sound himself had made. 20 Next Anger rush'd ; his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his... | |
 | William Collins - 1827 - 234 pages
...(for Madness rul'd the hour) 15 Would prove his own expressive power. First Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Next Anger rush'd; his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret stings: In one rude clash he struck... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
...(for Madness rul'd the hour) Would prove his own expressive pow'r. First Fear — his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid; And back recoil'd — he knew not why — Even at the sound himself had made. Next anger rush'd; — his eyes on fire, In lightnings, own'd his secret stings;... | |
 | William Collins - 1828 - 104 pages
...Each, for madness rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expressive power, First Fear his hand, its skill. to try. Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, Even at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rush'd, his eye> on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret stings,... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...for madness rul'd the hour, Would prove his own expressive power. First, Fear, his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid ; And back recoil'd, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made Next Anger rush'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - Readers, American - 1828 - 266 pages
...(for Madness rul'd the hour) Would prove his own expressive pow'r. First Fear— his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid; And back recoil'd— he knew not why — Eren at the sound himself had made. Next anger rush'd; — his eyes on fire, In lightnings, own'd... | |
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E'en at the sound himself had made. Next Anger rush'd, his eyes on fire, In lightnings own'd his secret stings, In one rude clash he struck the lyre, And swept with hurried hand the strings. 
