 I'd weep the world in such a strain As it should deluge once again. But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thine obsequies with trumpet sounds, And write thine epitaph with blood and wounds.  The Scottish Review - Page 3451895Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1894 - 586 pages
...friends. The fruit of this « — •• — • seclusion was the characteristic outburst — 1649 ' Great, Good, and Just, could I but rate My grief with...once again. But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thine obsequies with trumpet sounds,... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1895 - 314 pages
...star will change her air And joy where now she grieveth. ON RECEIVING NEWS OF THE DEATH OF CHARLES I. GREAT, Good, and Just, could I but rate My grief with...once again. But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I'll sing thine obsequies with trumpet sounds... | |
 | Society of Antiquaries of Scotland - 1897 - 396 pages
...carried the standard at the public funeral of Montrose. See Memoirs of Montrose, vol. ii. p. 831. 4 "Great, Good, and Just, could I but rate My grief...rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain As it would deluge once again : Rut since thy lond-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briarens' hands... | |
 | Marjory G. J. Kinloch - 1898 - 384 pages
...in his own chamber for two days, till he had recovered from the shock, the poet warrior wrote — " Great, Good and Just, could I but rate My grief with...rigid fate, I'd weep the world in such a strain, As it would deluge once again ; 1 I'll sing thine obsequies with trumpet sounds, And write thine epitaph... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1898 - 490 pages
...saint, as Montrose did — ' Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief, and thy too rigid fnte, I'd weep the world in such a strain, As it should deluge once again.' 'And, oh ! ' cried he, with sudden vehemence, 'how one would have fought for him ! ' ' You would I... | |
 | 1899 - 204 pages
...with bays. George Wither From the engraving by John Payne George Wither On the Execution of Charles I. GREAT, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate, I 'd weep the world in such a strain As it should deluge once again : But since thy loud-tongued blood... | |
 | Fitz Roy Carrington - 1899 - 174 pages
...thee more and more. 3 .1 George Wither From the engraving by John Payne On the Execution of Charles I. GREAT, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate, I 'd weep the world in such a strain As it should deluge once again : But since thy loud-tongued blood... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 376 pages
...Great, good, and just ! could I but rate My griefs, and thy too rigid fate ; I'd weep the world to such a strain, As it should deluge once again ; " But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies, More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes ; I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1901 - 368 pages
...Great, good, and just ! could I but rate My griefs, and thy too rigid fate ; I'd weep the world to such a strain, As it should deluge once again ; " But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies, More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes ; I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds,... | |
 | James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford - 1902 - 470 pages
...I. Great, good, and just ! could I but rate My griefs and thy too rigid fate, I'd weep the world to such a strain, As it should deluge once again. But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes, I 11 sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds, And... | |
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