Ugolino; or, The tower of famine, and other poems |
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alike to linger Altho Arno's wave Athwart the misty babes he pressed baħ bosoms taste cagre canker Capraia CARY'S Dante cast alike cast the beams changed their mould chill and damp Count Ugolino dord dɔidW extinguish the pale Fader Falsehood's smile father flower Gipsy give to glowing gold the scroll grandsire's breast Gualandi Hath been immured heart the babes infant fair Lanfranchi lengthening glory life's waving lamp limbs have changed link they trace lose its vigour's Lucca Mign Monk's Tale niste o'er life's waving once in pride once-together thrown ooze of Arno's parava parea Pisa Pisa's pride Pisans Pise plucked at once-together prison chained prison stone proudest spirit rivet's iron hold Sismondi sons sorrow suit the rivet's sun's bright rays tears tedT tender Thebes thou thro tobacco smoke touch with gold TOWER OF FAMINE trembles o'er life's Twas velame vigour's strength yodt
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Page vii - gone, in order to cover his treachery, when every thing was settled for his expulsion, quitted Pisa, and repaired to a manor of his, called Settimo ; whence, as soon as he was informed of Nino's departure, he returned to Pisa
Page 38 - barme adoun it lay And saide, Farewel, Fader, I mote die ; And kist his Fader, and dide the same day. And whan the woful Fader did it sey, For wo his armes two he gan to bite,
Page 35 - This one, methought, as master of the sport, Rode forth to chase the gaunt wolf and his whelps Unto the mountain which forbids the sight
Page 37 - Dampned was he to die in that prison, : ' For Roger, which that Bishop was of Pise, • ¡ ' Had on him made a false suggestion.
Page iv - of his sons and two of his grand-children, the offspring of his son, the Count Guelfo," &c. Besides this difference, in Dante's magnificent but rapid sketch, many points of minor interest have been
Page viii - Archbishop devised means to betray the Count Ugolino, and caused him to be suddenly attacked in his palace by. the fury of the people, whom he
Page 35 - And they who thought I did it through desire of feeding, rose O' the sudden, and cried,
Page viii - greatness was not of long continuance ¡ it pleased the Almighty that a total reverse of fortune should ensue, as a punishment for his acts of treachery
Page 35 - After short course the father and the sons Seemed tired and lagging, and methought I saw The sharp tusks gore their
Page vii - and a third, by the Archbishop Ruggieri degli Ubaldini, with the Lanfranchi, Sismondi, Gualandi, and other Ghibelline houses. The Count Ugolino, to effect his purpose, united with the Archbishop and his party, and having betrayed Nino, his sister's son, they contrived that he and his followers should either be driven out of Pisa, or their persons seized ; Nino hearing this, and not seeing any means of defending himself, retired to Calci,