 He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.  The Writings of Henry David Thoreau - Page 247by Henry David Thoreau - 1893Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : , which my mind Knew never till this irksome night: Methought Close at mi But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. This was that memorable hour, Which first assured the... | |
 | 1839 - 300 pages
...nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor called the gods with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed." REIGN OF NERO. The following passage of history will... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1840 - 550 pages
...nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. The heroic Marquis of Montrose is said to have written... | |
 | 1841 - 500 pages
...nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, Down, as upon a bed. But bowed his comely head The heroic Marquis of Montrose is said to have written... | |
 | William Alexander Mackinnon - 1846 - 444 pages
...nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed." This compassion, excited in the nation by the tragical... | |
 | 1847 - 810 pages
...nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try, Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right : But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." selves, then, into a belief that hewas uncompromisingly... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 488 pages
...nothing common did or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed. Charles was attended to the scaffold by Bishop Juxon,... | |
 | 1907 - 684 pages
...nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed. Such evidence as this, to which more might be added,... | |
 | Eliot Warburton - 1849 - 620 pages
...common did, or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." 1 1 Aubrey de Vere, in poetry worthy of the time and... | |
 | Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1849 - 604 pages
...common did, or mean, After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed." 1 I have not spoken of the King's last sorrowful hours... | |
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