See the grisly texture grow, ("Tis of human entrails made,) And the weights, that play below, Each a gasping warrior's head. Shafts for shuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along Sword, that once a Monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and... The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 3681768Full view - About this book
| Thomas Gray - 1768 - 142 pages
...texture grow, ('Tis of human entrails made,) And the weights, that play below, Each a gafping Warriour's head. Shafts for fhuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the...cords along. Sword, that once a Monarch bore, Keep the tiffue clofe and ftrong. ANODE. 8: Mifta black, terrific Maid, Sangrida t and Hilda fee, Join the wayward... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1768 - 140 pages
...the loom, Where the duflcy warp we ftrain, Weaving many a Soldier's doom, Orkneys woe, and Randver's bane. » See the griefly texture grow, ('Tis of human...made,) And the weights, that play below, Each a gafping Warriour's head. Shafts for fbuttles, dipt in 'gore, ' ' Shoot the trembling cords along. *" Sword,... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...dufky warp we flrain, Weaving many a Soldier's doom, Orkney's woe, and Randver's bane. See the grifly texture grow, ('Tis of human entrails made,) And the .weights, that play below, Each a gafping Warriour's head. Shafts for fliuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along. Sword, that once... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1770 - 134 pages
...the loom, Where the duflcy warp we ftrain, Weaving many a Soldier's doom, Orkney's woe, and Randver's bane. See the griefly texture grow, ('Tis of human entrails made,) And the weights, that play below, 1,'ach a gafping Warriour's head. Shafts for fbuttles, dipt in gore, • Shoot the trembling cords... | |
| G. Pearch - 1775 - 340 pages
...loom, Where the dufky warp we ftrain, Weaving many a foldier's doom, ."j Orkney's woe, and Randver's bane. See the griefly texture grow ! 'Tis of human...play below, Each a gafping Warrior's head, Shafts for muttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords along ! Sword, that once a Monarch bore, Keep the... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1775 - 168 pages
...warp we ftrain, Weaving many a foldier's doom, Crknefs woe, and Raatfver's.^a.ae. • See the grifly texture grow ! ('Tis of human entrails made.) And...below,, Each a gafping warrior's head. " •Shafts, for ftiuttles, dipt in gone, . Shoot the trembling cords .along-* Sword, that once a monarch bore, :Keep... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 390 pages
...dufky warp weftrain, Weaving many a foldier's doom, Orkney's woe, and Randver's bane. See the griefiy texture grow, ('Tis of human entrails made,) And the...weights that play below, Each a gafping warrior's head. Note—Th$ Valkyriur were female divinities, fervant* of Odin (or Woden) in the Gothic mythology. Their... | |
| 1782 - 516 pages
...where they attended the. banquet, and ferved the departed heroes with horns of mead and ale. Sec . See the griefly texture grow, ('Tis of human entrails...below, Each a gafping warrior's head. /Shafts for fliuttles, dipp'd in gore, Shoot the tremb'ling cords along : Sword, that once a monarch bore, Keep... | |
| G. Pearch, Robert Dodsley - 1783 - 346 pages
...dufky warp we ftraia, Weaving many a foldier's doom, Orkney's woe, and Randver's ban*. See the grifty texture grow ! 'Tis of human entrails made, And the weights, that play belovr, Each a gafping Warrior's head. Shafts for fliuttles, dipt in gore, Shoot the trembling cords... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1786 - 210 pages
...3 See See the grifly texture grow ! ("Pis of human entrails made,) And the weights that play btlow, Each a gafping warrior's head. Shafts for fhuttles,...cords along. Sword, that once a monarch bore, Keep the tiffue clofe and flrong. Mi/la, black terrific maid, Sangrida, and Hilda, fee ! Join the wayward work... | |
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