 | Thomas Gisborne - 1813 - 386 pages
...Adieu to fear, uncertainty, and strife: FORTITUDE. J.TS wings around the yielding town * The victor host unfurl'd —• *' And shall my shame," said..." Unarm'd, bareheaded, on the sands " Shall I the tyrant meet ? " Shall I be dragg'd by servile hands " To crouch at Csesar's feet? *' Shall Ij the jest... | |
 | John Harman Bedford - 1825 - 218 pages
...FIFTEENTH. This in a moment brings me to an end, While that informs me I (hall never die. AUDISOX. Its wings around the yielding town, The victor's host...shame," said Cato, " crown The conquest of the world ? " Unann'd, bareheaded, on the sands, Shall I the conqueror meet ? Shall I bevdraggM in servile bands... | |
 | 1826 - 488 pages
...to live resigned, till you think proper to murder me." Its wings around the yielding town The victor host unfurl'd ; " And shall my shame," said Cato, " crown The conquest of the world ? " Unann'd, bareheaded, on the sands, Shall I the conqueror meet ? Shall 1 be dragg'd in servile bands... | |
 | John Mitford - 1830 - 308 pages
...Cato made himself immortal. Its wings around the yielding town The victor host unfurl'd ; And sht.ll my shame, said Cato, crown The conquest of the world ? Unarm'd, bareheaded, on the sands, Shall I the conqeror meet; Shall I be dragg'd in servile bauds Shall I, the jest of gniins: Rome, Swell his triumphant... | |
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... again, again, and these lines were written with his pencil, on the spot where, ages ago, Cato might have pondered over his favourite author Plato : — REFLECTION ON THE DEATHS OF CATO AND , '- LOUIS THE FIFTEENTH. This in a moment brings me to an... 