 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung; A!! virtu tla'ne own unstrung; To think that C.od's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean 1 Milo... | |
 | 1869 - 794 pages
...whom it was addressed, he rises to the very height of withering scorn in the famous apostrophe : — " To think that God's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean." With the return from Elba there took place in England something of a reaction with regard to Napoleon.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 pages
...from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command To»hich D D D E:F;F4G HUHVHWHXHYHZH[H\H]H^H G G G D 1$H#C FlGxGyGLG ? ? 6 & @ ! Anrl Earth hath spilt her blood for him, \Vho thus can hoard his own ! Acd Monarch* bow'd the trembling... | |
 | 1870 - 464 pages
...thou— from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — Too late thou leav'st the high command 75 To which thy weakness clung; All Evil Spirit as thou...unstrung ; To think that God's fair world hath been 80 The footstool of a thing so mean ! And Earth hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...despot's throne. But thou, — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung, — Too late thou leav'st on as thou art, I bless thee with a human heart :...with tears. With earnest feeling I shall pray For hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his own ! And monarchs bowed the trembling limb, And... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...throne. But thou, — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung, — • Too late thou leav'st hat bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind, — These all I And Earth hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his own ! And iiionarchs bowed the trembling... | |
 | Henry Llewellyn Williams - 1872 - 218 pages
...throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung — ':• Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung; All...unstrung; To think that God's fair world hath been The tootstool of a thing so mean ! And earth hath spilt her blood for him, Who thus can hoard his own!... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 pages
...despot's throne. But thou—from thy reluctant band The thunderbolt is wrung— Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung ; All...thou art, It is enough to grieve the heart To see thinb own unstrung ; To think that God's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean ! And... | |
 | 1876 - 564 pages
...despot's throne. But thou — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung— Too late thou leav'st the high command To which thy weakness clung ; All...world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean ! And Monarchs bowed the trembling limb, And thanked him for a throne ! Fair Freedom ! we may hold thee dear,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...bigot's shrine nor despot's throne. But thon, — from thy reluctant hand The thunderbolt is wrung, — All evil spirit as thou art, It is enough to grieve the heart To see thine own uustrung ; To think that God's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean ! And Earth hath... | |
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All Evil Spirit as thou art, It is enough to grieve the heart To see thine own unstrung; To think that God's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean! 
