 Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast;...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Sayfa 85British poets tarafından - 1822Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1868 - 636 sayfa
...following fine simile affords an excellent example for practice on the low notes : — " So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Brittania passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 sayfa
...ever produced, was, with a somewhat too bold simile, compared to an angel : — . So when an angel, by Divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty...and serene he drives the furious blast, And pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. This passage, which... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - 1869 - 476 sayfa
...taught the doubtful battle where to rage : So when an angel, by Divine command, With rising tempest shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...blast, And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm. passage as an example of the true sublime ;* but the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 sayfa
...Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 410 sayfa
...Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 sayfa
...Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, 'With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform,... | |
 | William Edward Simonds - 1921 - 558 sayfa
...With rising tempests shakes the guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm .-i ml serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm." STEELE 227 Says Thackeray : — " Addison left off... | |
 | Edward Albert - 1923 - 648 sayfa
...Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1923 - 528 sayfa
...read, but its famous simile of Marlborough and the angel will always be quoted: So when an angel at divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform,... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 sayfa
...he likened Marlborough, the commander of the English forces, to an avenging angel : So when an angel m he past) Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform,... | |
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