Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh, a marble face ; Plead better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with... The Westminster Review - Página 2581901Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Virgil - 1904 - 524 páginas
...better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome I 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way : To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free ; — These are imperial arts... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1904 - 220 páginas
...better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend and when they rise. But Rome, 't is thine alone, with awful sway To rule mankind and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way. To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free — These are imperial arts, and... | |
| Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 490 páginas
...face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome, 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way. To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free — These are imperial arts, and... | |
| Virgil - 1905 - 524 páginas
...better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome I 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way : To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free : — These are imperial arts... | |
| William Jennings Bryan, Francis Whiting Halsey - 1906 - 272 páginas
...three lines of a translation from Virgil by our great poet Dryden, which runs as follows: "0 Home! 'tis thine alone with awful sway To rule mankind,...example. No doubt the word "empire" was qualified with the word "liberty." But what did the two words "liberty" and "empire" mean in a Roman mouth? They... | |
| Henry George Keene - 1906 - 244 páginas
...of Anchises by Virgil, and not unworthily rendered in the virile version of our own Dryden :— "But Rome, 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind...obey, Disposing peace and war thine own majestic way. To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free— These are imperial arts, and worthy thee." If now... | |
| Virgil - 1909 - 454 páginas
...face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But, Rome, 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war by thy own majestic way; To tame the proud, the f etter'd slave to free : These are imperial arts,... | |
| Virgil - 1909 - 454 páginas
...better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But, Rome, 't is thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war by thy own majestic way; To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free : These are imperial arts, and... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 páginas
...better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But, Rome, 't is thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way; To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free: These are imperial arts, and worthy... | |
| John Dryden - 1909 - 1122 páginas
...better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But, Rome, Ч is thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey, ! »•¡posing peace and war thy own majestic way; Tu tarne the proud, the fetter'd slave to free:... | |
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