 | Hugh Walker - 1925 - 348 pages
...omen of "twelve reverend owls," instead of the vultures which presaged the rule of Romulus. Finally, " The sire then shook the honours of his head, And from...damps of oblivion shed Full on the filial dulness." The years 1681 and 1682 saw the culmination of Dryden's genius. The latter was especially fruitful,... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...Tiber's brook, Presage of sway from twice six vultures took. Th' admiring throng loud acclamations , give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace; Robes loosely flo honors of his head, 130 joy RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY At length hurst out in this prophetic... | |
 | George deF. Lord - 1963 - 608 pages
...Tiber's brook, 130 Presage of sway from twice six vultures took. Th'admiring throng loud acclamations make, And omens of his future empire take. The sire then shook the honors of his head, And from his brows damps of oblivion shed 135 Full on the filial dulness: long... | |
 | William Henry Oliphant Smeaton - 1899 - 390 pages
...Tiber's brook, Presage of sway from twice six vultures took. Th' admiring throng loud acclamations make, And omens of his future empire take. The sire...shook the honours of his head, And from his brows dampte of oblivion shed Full on the filial dulness : Long he stood, Repelling from his breast the raging... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...instead of glories, grace, And lambent dullness played around his face. 14 The sire then shook the honors che!" T` . dullness: FiP; HAP; NAEL-1; NOBE; NoP; OAEL-1; OBS; OBSV; OxBoLi; PoE; PPP; QFR; SCV; SeCV-2; TEP;... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...Tiber's brook, 150 Presage of sway from twice six vultures took. The admiring throng loud acclamations make. And omens of his future empire take. The sire...his brows damps of oblivion shed Full on the filial dullness: long he stood, Repelling from his breast the raging god; At length burst out in this prophetic... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2002 - 484 pages
...Tiber's brook 130 Presage of sway from twice six vultures took.* TV admiring throng loud acclamations make, And omens of his future empire take. The sire...his brows damps of oblivion shed Full on the filial dullness; long he stood : Repelling from his breast the raging god; \ At length burst out in this prophetic... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 pages
...Tiber's brook, 130 Presage of sway from twice six vultures took.0 The admiring throng loud acclamations make. And omens of his future empire take. The sire...his brows damps of oblivion shed Full on the filial dullness: long he stood, Repelling from his breast the raging god; At length burst out in this prophetic... | |
 | W. H. Auden - 2004 - 604 pages
...Tiber's Brook, Presage of sway from twice six vultures took. Th 'admiring throng loud acclamations make And omens of his future empire take. The sire...his breast the raging god; At length burst out in his prophetic mood: 'Heavens bless my son, from Ireland let him reign To far Barbadoes on the western... | |
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