| Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1835 - 222 pages
...memorable lines of the poet, — " Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans !" " But I will not argue... | |
| Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 pages
...ON THE I.ATE MASSACRE IX PIEMONT. AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and... | |
| Memoirs - 1835 - 460 pages
...Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold ; E'en them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones. Forget not ; in thy book record their groans, Who were thy sheep ; and... | |
| 1836 - 558 pages
...firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son. ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEMONT. AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones...sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piemontesc that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills,... | |
| Kenneth Koch - 1999 - 324 pages
...Windows") Talking to God is almost always praise or prayer. Or, as in Milton's sonnet, an urgent request: Avenge O Lord thy slaughtered saints whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold . . . (MILTON, "On the Late Massacre in Piedmont") For the Romantic poets, apostrophe and personification... | |
| Dennis Danielson - 1999 - 320 pages
...fourteen lines through their long o vowels create a supporting impression of lament modulating to menace: Avenge O Lord thy slaughtered Saints, whose bones...Forget not: in thy book record their groans Who were tby sheep and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese that rolled Mother with infant... | |
| George H. McLoone - 1999 - 172 pages
...the Alpine mountains cold, Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our Fathers worship'! Stocks and Stones, Forget not: in thy book record their groans Who were thy Sheep and in their antient fold Slain by the bloody Pietnontese that roll'd Mother with Infant down the Rocks. Their moans... | |
| Michael Wheeler - 1999 - 330 pages
...self-commanding, magnificent Animality is the <temper> make for poets & artists, it seems to me. 36 'Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones / Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold' ('On the late Massacre in Piedmont', 1655). For Ruskin's positive comments see 12.139, 35^, and Lancaster... | |
| Gabriel Audisio - 1999 - 260 pages
...Avenge O Lord thy slaughter'd Saints, whose bones Lie, scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold, Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our fathers worship't Stocks and Stones. Forget not: in thy book record their groans Who were thy Sheep and in... | |
| Oscar Wilde - 2000 - 366 pages
...forgiven; for she loved much'. 5-8. Cf. Milton's Sonnet XVIII: 'On the Late Massacre in Piedmont', 5-8: in thy book record their groans Who were thy Sheep and in their ancient Fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese that roll'd Mother with Infant down the Rocks. 9. incestuous gloom: gloom begetting gloom.... | |
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