 | Anselm Bayly - Music - 1789 - 424 pages
...temper heroes old Arming to battle, and inftead of rage Deliberate valour breath'd, firm and unrnov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat ; Nor wanting power to mitigate and fwage, With folemn touches, troubl'd thoughts, and chafe Anguifh, and doubt, and fear, and forrow,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood 550 Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as rais'd To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle, and instead of rage Delib'rate valour breath'd, firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat ; 555 Nor... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood 55* Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as rais'd To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle, and instead of rage Deliberate valour breath'd, firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat ; 555 Nor wanting pow'r to... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...temper heroes old Arming to battle; and, instead of rage, Deliberate valor breath'd, firm, and iminovM With dread of death to flight or foul retreat; Nor wanting power to mitigate and swage, With solemn touches, troubkd thoughts, and chase Auguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, ana... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian UK od Of flutes and soft recorders; such as rais'd To highth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and instead of rage Deliberate valour breath'd, firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat: Nor wanting power to mitigate... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...move | In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of lintes and soft recorder ; such as rairit To heights of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and instead of rage Deliberate valour breath'd, firm and nnmov'i With dread of death to flight or fowl retreat; Nor wanting pow'r to mitigate... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...of noblf-st temper hero- s old Arming to battle; and, instead of rage, Deliberate valour breath 'd, firm and unmoved With dread of death to flight or foul retreat ; 555 Nor wanting powY to mitigate and swage With solemn tout-lies troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish,... | |
 | John Gillies - Greece - 1814 - 438 pages
...battle. Anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders, such asrais,d To height of noblest temper heroes old, Arming to battle ; and instead of rage, Deliberate valour breath,d firm and unmov,d, &c. Par. Lost. b. i, $ If the text is not corrupt, the words of Thucydides... | |
 | William Mitford - Greece - 1814 - 444 pages
...highth of noblest temper heroes old, ' ' Arming to battel, and, instead of rage, ... i Deliberate valor breathed, firm, and unmoved •; With dread of death to flight or foul retreat. CHAP, and, on the other side, the Tegeans, on the right *- — v-^— ' of the Lacedaemonian line (the... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...stature as for gods ; Their number last lie sums," •'* And instead of rage Deliberate valonr breathes! firm and unmoved. With dread of death to flight or foul retreat." Nor are his endeavours, alas, without success ; as is abundantly demonstrated by the opposition that has... | |
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A forest huge of spears; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields, in thick array, Of depth immeasurable. Anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old,... 
