With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall, with fateful sway, The steerage of the realm gave way ! Then, while on Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound,... Selections from Various Sources - Page 143by Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1863 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
| Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...Palinure's unaltered mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; •. Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall,...plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallowed day, Convoke... | |
| English literature - 1808 - 728 pages
...prey, With Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous pod he flood, Each call for needful reft repell'd, With dying hand the rudder held, Till in his fall, with fateful fway, The ftecrage ef the realm gave way! Then while on Britains' thoufand plains, One unpolluted Church... | |
| 1808 - 732 pages
...prey, With Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous poft he flood, Each call for needful reft repell'd, With dying hand the rudder held, Till in his fall, with fateful {way, The fteerage of the realm gave way! Then while on Rritains' thoufand plains, One unpolluted Church... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...Palinure's unaltered mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall,...plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallowed day, Convoke... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...Palinure's unaltered mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood; Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall,...remains, Whose peaceful hells ne'er sent around The hloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallowed day, Convoke the swains to praise and... | |
| British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...his latest day, When death, just hovering, claim' d his prey . With Palinure's nnalter'd mood, Finn at his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful...plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallow'd day, Convoke... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...his latest day, ' . When death, just hovering, claim'd his prey, With Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful...plains One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around ' The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But st 11 upon the hallow'd day Convoke... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 256 pages
...his latest day, V When death, just hovering, claim'd his prey, With Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood • Each call for needful...plains One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallow'd day, Convoke... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...Palinure's unaltered mood, Firm at his dangerous post Jie stood ; Each call for needful rest repelled, With dying hand the rudder held, Till, in his fall,...Britain's thousand plains, One unpolluted church remains, Wliose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody totsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallowed... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...to his latest day, When death, just hovering, claim'd his prey, With Palinure's unalter'd mood, Firm at his dangerous post he stood ; Each call for needful...plains, One unpolluted church remains, Whose peaceful bells ne'er sent around The bloody tocsin's maddening sound, But still, upon the hallow'd day, Convoke... | |
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