 Ev'n mighty kings, the heirs of empire wide, Rising, with solemn state, and slow, From their sable thrones below, Meet and insult thy pride. What, dost thou join our ghostly train, A flitting shadow, light and vain ? Where is thy pomp, thy festive throng,...  Odes. Elegies. Sonnets. Epitaphs and inscriptions. Miscellanies. The English ... - Page 45by William Mason - 1811Full view - About this book
 | William Mason - 1774 - 316 pages
...the feaft. II. I. Oh Lucifer ! thou radiant ftar; . Son of the Morn; whofe rofy car Flam'd foremoft in the van of day: How art thou fall'n, thou King of Light ? HcMf fall'n from thy meridian height! Who faid'ft the diftant poles fhall hear me, and obey. High,... | |
 | William Mason - English poetry - 1803 - 252 pages
...Meet, and insult thy pride. What, dost thou join our ghostly train, A flitting shadow light, and vain ? Where is thy pomp, thy festive throng, Thy revel dance,...crawling brood, and bids them share the feast. II. 1. O Lucifer ! thou radiant star ; Son of the Mom ; whose rosy car REFERENCES. 1st Epode, Hell from beneath... | |
 | Robert Lowth - Hebrew language - 1815 - 618 pages
...insult thy pride. " What, dost thou join our ghostly train, " A flitting shadow light, and vain ? " Where is thy pomp, thy festive throng, " Thy revel dance, and wanton song I " Proud king ! Corruption fastens on thy breast ; " And calls her crawling brood, and bids them share... | |
 | John Trumbull - American poetry - 1820 - 250 pages
...been successful. See in what manner an eminent British poet has imitated this passage — " For lo ! Corruption fastens on thy breast, " And calls her crawling brood, and bids them share the feast." Mason, Ode on the fall of Babylon. f Isaiah, xiv. 16, to 20. Is this the man that made the earth t»... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...and insult thy pride. " What ! dost thou join our ghostly train, A flitting shadow, light and vain ? Where is thy pomp, thy festive throng, ' Thy revel...her crawling brood, and bids them share the feast. Oh, Lucifer ! thou radiant star ; Son of the morn ; whose rosy car Flam'd foremost in the van of day... | |
 | 1825 - 896 pages
...and insult thy pride ! What, dost thou join our ghostly train, A flitting shadow, light and vain ? Where is thy pomp, thy festive throng, Thy revel dance,...her crawling brood, and bids them share the feast. O Lucifer ! thou radiant star, Son of the Morn, whose rosy car Flam'd foremost in the van of day :... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...join our ghostly train, A flitting shadow light and vain ? Where is thy pomp, thy festive throng, The revel dance, and wanton song? Proud king ! Corruption...car Flamed foremost in the van of day ; How art thou fallen, thou King of Light ! How fallen from thy meridian height! Who saidst The distant poles shall... | |
 | William Mason - 1830 - 166 pages
...Meet, and insult thy pride. What, dost thou join our ghostly train, A flitting shadow light and vain ? Where is thy pomp, thy festive throng, Thy revel dance, and wanton song ? Prond king ! Corruption fastens on thy breast ; And calls her crawling brood, and bids them share... | |
 | David Booth - English language - 1831 - 408 pages
...join our ghostly train, A flitting shadow-light and vain? * Verses 7 and 8. f Verses 9, 10, and 11. Where is thy pomp, thy festive throng, Thy revel dance,...her crawling brood, and bids them share the feast.* The sacred Ode has been seldom attempted, and has still seldomer succeeded in modern English. Poetry... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...many : Isaiah. " How art thou fallen from Heaven O Lucifer, son of the Morning!" 12,13,14. Mason. " Oh Lucifer thou radiant star, Son of the morn ; whose...Flamed foremost in the van of day : . How art thou fall'u, &c. Qhe, jam satis est. Milton himself, who produced the greatest, aye, far the greatest work... | |
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