 | 1764 - 796 pages
...the liberties and o' the (rate of Rome are deferí aed in a molt picturefjue ant) pathetic manner : No, Freedom, no : I will not tell, How Rome, before thy weeping face, \Vith heaviefl found, a giant ftatue fell. Pufh'd by a wild and artiefs race, From olfits *wide, ambitious... | |
 | William Collins, John Langhorne - 1765 - 210 pages
...would court thy ears, Let not my fhell's mifguided power, E'er draw thy fad, thy mindful tears. No, No, Freedom, no, I will not tell, How Rome, before thy weeping face, With heavieft found, a giant-ftatue, fell, Pufti'd by a wild and artlels race, Fro.-n off its wide ambitious... | |
 | William Collins - 1781 - 200 pages
...founds would court thy ears, Let not my fhell's mifguided power, E'er draw thy fad, thy mindful tears. No, Freedom, no, I will not tell, How Rome, before thy weeping face, With heavieft found, a giant-ftatue, fell, Puih'd by a wild and artlefs race, From off its wide ambitious... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 pages
...ruin of the liberties and of the ftate of Rome is defcribed in a moft piflurefque and pathetk manner. No, Freedom, no, I will not tell, How Rome, before thy weeping face, With heavieft found, a giant-ftatue, fell, Pufh'd by a wild and artlcfs race, From off its wide ambitious... | |
 | William Collins - 1802 - 206 pages
...would court thy ears, Let not my shell's misguided power E'er draw thy sad, thy mindful tears. T • No, Freedom ! no, I will not tell, How Rome, before...weeping face, With heaviest sound, a giant statue, fell, Push'd by a wild and artless race, From off its wide ambitious base, When Time his northern sons of... | |
 | William Collins - 1802 - 198 pages
...sounds would court thy ears, Let not my shell's misguided power E'er draw thy sad, thy mindful tears. No, Freedom ! no, I will not tell, How Rome, before...weeping face, With heaviest sound, a giant statue, fell, Push'd by a wild,and artless race, From off its wide ambitious base, When Tim* his northern sons of... | |
 | William Russell - 1802 - 514 pages
...consequently of dangerous tendency, as it may communicate a wrong turn of thinking to the untutored mind. " No, freedom! no, I will not tell, " How Rome, before thy weeping face, " With heaviest sound, a giant-statue fell, " Push'd by a wild and artless race " From off its wide ambitious base; " When time... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 168 pages
...sounds would court thy ears, Let not my shell's misguided pow'r2 E'er draw thy sad, thy mindful tears. No, Freedom, no, I will not tell How Rome, before thy weeping face, With heaviest sound, a giant-statue, fell, Push'd by a wild and artless race From off its wide ambitious base, When Time his... | |
 | William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...sounds would court thy ears, Let not my shell's misguided pow'r1 E'er draw thy sad, thy mindful tears. No, Freedom, no, I will not tell How Rome, before thy weeping face, With heaviest sound, a giant-statue, fell, Push'd by a wild and artless race From off its wide ambitious base, When Time his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...sounds would court thy ears, Let not my shell's misguided pow'r E'er draw thy sad, thy mindful, tears. No, Freedom ! no ; I will not tell How Rome, before thy weeping face, With heaviest sound a giant-statue fell, Push'd by a wild and artless race From off its wide ambitious base, When Time his... | |
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Push'd by a wild and artless race From off its wide ambitious base, When Time his northern sons of spoil awoke, And all the blended work of strength and grace, With many a rude repeated stroke, And many a barbarous yell, to thousand fragments broke. 
