| Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 212 pages
...and cold, the fhape of death aright, That dants all earthly creatures to his law: • Againft whofe force in vaine it is to fight, Ne Peeres, ne Princes, nor no mortall wight, Ne Towne, ne Realm^s, Cities, ne ftrongeft Toweij But all, perforce muftyeeld unto his power.... | |
| Henry Headley - English poetry - 1787 - 202 pages
...Heavie and cold, the fliape of death aright, That dants all earthly creatures to his law : Againft whofe force in vaine it is to fight. Ne Peeres, ne Princes, nor no mortall wight, NeTowne, ne Realmes, Cities, ne fIrongeft Towciv Bur all perforce mtifl yeeldunto bis power.... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1809 - 914 pages
...Enthrilling it to reve her of her breath. And by and by a dumb dead corpse we saw. Heavy and cold, the shape of death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law; Against whose force in vain it is to fight; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight ; No town,... | |
| Sir Egerton Brydges - 1813 - 354 pages
...DEATH EnthrilHng it to reve her of her breath. And by and by a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy and cold, the shape of death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law ; Against whose force in vain it is to fight; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight ; No town,... | |
| Rowland Freeman - Authors, English - 1821 - 846 pages
...Enthrilling it to reave her of her breath. And bye and bye, a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy and cold, the shape of death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law ; Against whose force in vain it is to fight. Nor peers, nor princes, nor no mortal wight, No towns,... | |
| Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1824 - 504 pages
...Enthrilling it, to reve her of her breath : And, by and by, a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy, and cold, the shape of Death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law, Against whose force in vain it is to fight ; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight, No towns,... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1830 - 718 pages
...than the passage selected from Spenser. Extract from the " Induction to the Mirror of Magistrates." " The SHAPE of Death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law, Against whose force it is in vain to fight. — No peers, no princes, nor no mortal wight ; No... | |
| Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1840 - 548 pages
...Enthrilling it, to revé her of her breath : And, by and by, a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy, and cold, the shape of Death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law, Against whose force in vain it is to fight ; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight, No towns,... | |
| Thomas Warton - 1840 - 550 pages
...Enthrilling it, to reve her of her breath : And, by and by, a dumb dead corpse we saw, Heavy, and cold, the shape of Death aright, That daunts all earthly creatures to his law, Against whose force in vain it is to fight ; Ne peers, ne princes, nor no mortal wight, No towns,... | |
| 1841 - 686 pages
...MAN'S WANDERINGS. ( Concluded from page 211 .) CHAPTER VII. ' A dumb dead corse we saw, Heavy and cold, the shape of death aright. That daunts all earthly creatures to his law ; Against whose force it is in vain to fight." DORSET. As I approached the house, I saw the old... | |
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