WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with' an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage and full of grief. Columbian Historical Novels - Page 49by John Roy Musick - 1895Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. 247 BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with' an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...hound. Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have passed away. BOADICEA. "WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke... | |
| Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee. AUJOISOX. 9. BOADICEA, AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief, Every burning word he spoke,... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...[This ipirit-stirring ode was suggested by the reading of Hume's history, during the winter of 1780.] WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke... | |
| William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...MORAL. Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. BOADICEA. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke... | |
| William Cowper - 1836 - 396 pages
...Atque Cupidinea dixit Dea cincta corona, Heu ! fallendi artem quam didicere parum. BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's Gods, Sage beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief, Every burning word he spoke... | |
| William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...of desp'rate steps. The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away. BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath a spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief ; Ev'ry burning word he spoke... | |
| Edwin Guest - 1838 - 346 pages
...: or slav|ery|. Again, what stern energy has Cowper breathed over the spirit of the warrior queen ! When | the Brit|ish: war|rior queen|, Bleed|ing from|...indig|nant mien|, Coun|sel of | : her coun|try Gods|, &c. How different the rhythm from that, in which he introduces the heart-broken wretchedness of the... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...Thy patient spirit to thy duties give, Regard the dead ! but to the living, live ! BOADICEA. AN ODE. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 pages
...raised not a stone, But we left him — alone with his glory I LESSON XCVI. Boadicea* — COWPER. 1. WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the...rods, Sought, with an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, 2. Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid,f hoary chief; Ev'ry burning word he... | |
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