 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 strani
...fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia press'd : And while he sought her snowy breast : Then, round her...waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listemng crowd admire the lofty sound, A present deity, they shout around... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 strani
...on radiant spheres he rode, When he to fair Olympia press'd : And while he sought her snowy hreast : Then, round her slender waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. ^ The listening erowd admire the lofty sound, A present deity, they shout around... | |
 | Leroy Jones Halsey - 1860 - 460 strani
...Dry den, in the song, ascribes to Alexander the Great, they thought it.no blasphemy to arrogate : " A present deity ! they shout around ; A present deity ! the vaulted roofs rebound ; With ravished ears The monarch hears, Assumes the God, Affects the nod, And seems to shake the spheres."... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1860 - 372 strani
...stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the lofty sound; A present deity, they shout around ; A present deity ; the vaulted roofs rebound. \Vith ravish'd ears the monarch hears, Assumes the god, affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres.... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 strani
...dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode When he to fair Olympia prest, And while he sought her snowy breast ; Then round her...waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the -world. — The listening crowd admire the lofty sound ! A present deity ! they shout... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 strani
...dragon's fiery form belied the god; Sublime on radiant spires he rode When he to fair Olympia prest, And while he sought her snowy breast; Then round her slender...waist he curl'd, And stamp'd an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. —The listening crowd admire the lofty sound ! A present deity ! they shout... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 strani
...stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. The listening crowd admire the lofty sound : " A present deity !" they shout around— "A present deity!" the vaulted roofs rebound;— With ravished ears The monarch hears, Assumes the god, Affects to nod, And seems to shake the spheres. The... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 strani
...dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode When he to fair Olympia prest, And while he sought her snowy breast ; Then round her slender waist he curled, And stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world. — The listening crowd admire the... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 strani
...fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spheres he rode, When he to fair Olympia pressed ; And while he sought her snowy breast, Then round her slender waist he curled, And stamped an image of himself, a so v' reign of the world. The list'ning crowd admire the... | |
 | Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 512 strani
...is the power of mighty love ! Sublime on radiant spires he rode When he to fair Olympia prest, And while he sought her snowy breast ; Then round her slender waist he curled, And stamped an image of himself, a sovereign of the world ! But even the vigorous manliness... | |
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Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia... 
