 | 1863 - 982 pages
...hope, He wove a net of such a scope That Charles himself might chase To Carisbrook's narrow case ; That thence the Royal actor borne The tragic scaffold...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely head Down,... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 846 pages
...; That thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorne, While round the armed baads, Did clap their bloody Hands : He nothing common did,...that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye, The axe'i edge did trye. Nor calTd the Gods with eulgar sptght. To vindicate his helplesse right : Sut... | |
 | Alexander Dundas R. Cochrane-Wishart- Baillie (1st baron Lamington.) - 1865 - 342 pages
...a Christian. " Cujus memoria in benedictione, preciosa in conspectu Domini mors sanctorum ejus." " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody...nothing common did or mean, Upon that memorable scene." So perished the first martyr to the faith in kings; a noble life was here surrendered as a peaceoffering... | |
 | 1866 - 400 pages
...thus finely described by Andrew Marvel: — " While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody bauds, 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 498 pages
...wove a net of such a scope, That Charles himself might chase To Carisbrook's narrow case ; That hence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold might adorn,...bloody hands. HE nothing common did or mean Upon that metnorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor called the gods, with vulgar... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1867 - 360 pages
...hope, He wove a net of such a scope That Charles himself might chase To Carisbrook's narrow case ; That thence the Royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While round the armed hands He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge... | |
 | Henry Morley - 1868 - 284 pages
...with hope, He wove a net of such a scope That Charles himself might chase To Carisbrook's narrow case, That thence the royal actor borne, The tragic scaffold...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bow'd his comely head Down,... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...hope, He wove a net of such a scope 50 That Charles himself might chase To Carsbrook's narrow case ; That thence the royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn : While round the armed bands 55 Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with... | |
 | William Hennessey Marah - 1869 - 276 pages
...probably witnessed what he describes, writes of this scene : — 'He nothing common did nor mean After that memorable scene ; But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor call'd the gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...with hope, He wove a net of such a scope That Charles himself might chase To Carisbrook's narrow case; That thence the Royal actor borne The tragic scaffold...But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right ; But bow'd his comely head Down,... | |
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The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands, Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor call'd the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his... 
