 He fell, the forest-prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger, dared depart, In savage grandeur, home. He dared depart in utter scorn Of men that such a yoke...  Monthly Review; Or New Literary Journal - Page 432publié par - 1814Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Barent Gardenier - 1814 - 442 pages
...prince — or live a slave— Thy choice is most ignobly brave! 6. He who of old would rend the oak Dreamed not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk he vainly broke Atom- — how looked he round ? Thou in the sternness of thy strength An equal deed hast done at length... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 226 pages
...prince—or live a slave— Thy choice is most ignobly brave! DDK TO VI. He« who of old would rend the oak, Dreamed not of the rebound; Chained by the trunk he vainly broke, Alone—how looked he round ?— Thou, in the sternness of thy strength, An equal deed hast done at... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1818 - 336 pages
...or live a slave — > Thy choice is mast ignobly brave! VI. He* •vyho of old would rend the oak, Dreamed not of the rebound; Chained by the trunk he...length, , And darker fate hast found: He fell, the forest^ prowlers' prey; But thou must eta thy heart away! V. VII. The Roman , 5 when his burning heart... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound ; Chain'd by the trunk he vainly bvoke — Alone — how look'd he round ? Thou in the sternness of thy strength An...length, And darker fate hast found : He fell, the forest-prowler's prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! 7. The Roman, (3) when his burning heart... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 pages
...the oak-, Dreamed not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk t« vainly broKe^ . Alone— how looted he round ?— < Thou, in the sternness of thy strength,...forest-prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! VII. The Roman, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger— dared... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 308 pages
...rend the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound; Chain'd by the trunk he vainly broke— Alone—how look'd he round ? Thou in the sternness of thy strength An...forest-prowlers prey; But thou must eat thy heart away! 7. The Roman, ' 3 ' when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger—dared... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 614 pages
...rend the oak, Dream'd not of the rebound ; Chain'd by the trunk he vainly broke, Alone — how look'd he round ? — Thou, in the sternness of thy strength An equal deed hast done at leng^1, And darker fate hast found : He fell, the forest-prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 476 pages
...the cleft of the tree, rent asunder by his own hands : " He who of old would rend the oak, Dream' d not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk he vainly broke Alone — how look'd he round ?" Simple and childish as this appears, it is outdone in absurdity by the allusion... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...the cleft of the tree, rent asunder by his own hands : " He who of old would rend the oak, Dream' d not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk he vainly broke Alone — how look'd he round ?" Simple and childish as this appears, it is outdone in absurdity by the allusion... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 62 pages
...army, previous to the battle of Chalons, given in Cassiodonis. VI. He* who of old would rend the oak, Dreamed not of the rebound ; Chained by the trunk...forest-prowlers' prey ; But thou must eat thy heart away ! VII. The Roman -f-, when his burning heart Was slaked with blood of Rome, Threw down the dagger —... | |
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