| George Willson - 1844 - 300 страници
...Against the desolate and poor. The dutchess marked his weary pace, His timid mien, and reverend faco, And bade her page the menials tell, That they should tend the old man well : 5 For she had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 366 страници
...who, in the Lay of the Last Minstrel, has done what Dryden could not do — flattered the duchess : ' She had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power and beauty's Woom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb.'] Were any further proof wanting, it might... | |
| John Heneage Jesse - 1847 - 488 страници
...himself to breakfast with her, which he could scarcely have done had she been a prisoner in the Tower. She had known adversity, Though born in such a high degree ; In pride of power, and beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb. Lay of ike Last Minstrel On the night before... | |
| John Evelyn - 1848 - 322 страници
...of Monmouth, who was beheaded July 15, 1685.— " — flie had known adverfity, Though born in fuch a high degree; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb." In 1688 fhe married for her fecond hufband Charles, Lord Cornwallis, the fon of Frederic, firft Lord... | |
| John Evelyn - 1848 - 324 страници
...of Monmouth, who was beheaded July 15, 1685. — " — (he had known adverlity, Though born in inch a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb.'* In 1688 fhe married for her fecond hufband Charles, Lord Cornwallis, the fon of Frederic, firft Lord... | |
| John Gibson Lockhart - 1848 - 428 страници
...bearded ancestor, who had fought at Killiecrankie, among the rest, — owed their safety to her who " In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb." The arch allusions which run through all these Introductions, without in the least interrupting the... | |
| John Evelyn - 1848 - 324 страници
...was beheaded July 15, 1685. — " — fhe had known adverfity, Though born in fuch a high degree j In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb." In 1688 fhe married for her fecond hufband Charles, third Lord Cornwallis, the grandfon of Frederic,... | |
| George Croly - 1849 - 416 страници
...closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The duchess marked his weary pace, His timid mein, and reverend face, And bade her page the menials tell,...old man well ; For she had known adversity, Though horn in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody... | |
| George Croly - 1850 - 442 страници
...closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The duchess marked his weary pace, His timid inein, and reverend face, And bade her page the menials tell,...beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody tomb! Of good earl Francis, dead uud gone, And of earl Walter, rest him God ! A braver ne'er to battle rode... | |
| David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1850 - 292 страници
...war, But never closed the iron door Against the desolate and poor. The duchess marked his weary pace, His timid mien, and reverend face, And bade her page...old man well ; For she had known adversity, Though horn in such a high degree ; In pride of power, in beauty's bloom, Had wept o'er Monmouth's bloody... | |
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