 | John Bell - 1794 - 574 pages
.... THE LAWYER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MUSE. WRITTEN IN MDCCLX1V. BY THE LATE SIR WILLIAM BLACKST.ONE, KNT. AS by some tyrant's stern command, A wretch forsakes...neighb'ring mountain's brow He stops, and turns his eyes below; There, melting at the well-known view, Drops a last tear, and bids adieu : So I, thus doom'd... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 498 pages
...to trace its labours through those by which he lose to fame. The Lawyer's Farewel to his Muse. A s, by some tyrant's stern command, A wretch forsakes...his native land, In foreign climes condemn'd to roam Pensive he treads the destined way, p And dreads to go ; nor dares to stay ; Till on some neighbouring... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1807 - 502 pages
...through those by which he rose to fame. The Lawyer's Tarcwel to his Muse. Pensive he treads the destined way, And dreads to go ; nor dares to stay ; "Till on some neighbouring mountains' brow He stops, and turns his eyes below; There, melting at the well-known view,... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 pages
...all-wise intent, Denied to numbers what it gave to few. SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. FAREWELL TO THE MUSE. AS by some tyrant's stern command, A wretch forsakes...neighb'ring mountain's brow He stops and turns his eyes below ; There melting at the well-known view, Drops a last tear and bids adien ! So I thus doom'd... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...bloom display ; When first its virgin tints unfold to view, tHE LAWYER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MUSE. [JUDGE BLACKSTONE.] As by some tyrant's stern command, A...endless exile from his home ; Pensive he treads the destinM way, And dreads to go, nor dares to stay ; 'Till on some neighb'ring mountain's brow He stops,... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...this occasion he wrote the following poem under the title of " The Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse."' "As by some tyrant's stern command, .•:*. A wretch forsakes his native land, In foreign climes coudemn'd to roam An endless exile from his home; Pensive he treads the destin'd way, And dreads to... | |
 | 1814 - 670 pages
...good old laws, old manners, and old king. THE LAWYER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MUSE. BY SIR W. BLACKSTOUE, As, by some tyrant's stern command, A wretch forsakes...And dreads to go, nor dares to stay ; Till on some neighh'ring mountain's brow He stops, and turns his eye below ; There, melting at the well-known view,... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...beautiful ode, entitled the Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse, from which the following extracts are taken : As by some tyrant's stern command A wretch forsakes his native land, In foreign climes condemned to roam An endless exile from his home; Pensive he treads the destin'd way, And dreads to... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...deepest night. SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE. BORN 1723.— DIED 1780. THE .LAWYER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MUSE. As, by some tyrant's stern command, A wretch forsakes...endless exile from his home ; Pensive he treads the destined way, And dreads to go ; nor dares to stay ; Till on some neighbouring mountain's brow He stops,... | |
 | 1819 - 504 pages
...Farewel to the Muse' contains some pleasing lines. We seK ct the following : — FAREWEL TO THE MCSE. As by some tyrant's stern command, A wretch forsakes his native land. In foreign climes condemned to roam, An endless exile from his home ; Pensive he traads tho destined way. And dreads... | |
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THE .LAWYER'S FAREWELL TO HIS MUSE. As, by some tyrant's stern command, A wretch forsakes his native land, In foreign climes condemn'd to roam An endless exile from his home... 
