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" Ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward the First, when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards that fell into his hands to be put to death. "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 295
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Poetical Works of Thomson and Gray

James Thomson - 1861 - 480 pages
...lyre. " Hark, how each giant oak, and desert cave, Sighs to the torrent's awful voice beneath ! * This ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward the First, when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards that fell into his hands...
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Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain, Volume 1

William Howitt, Mary Botham Howitt - 1862 - 236 pages
...founded," as he fays, " on the tradition current in Wales, that Edward I., when he completed theconqueft of that country, ordered all the bards that fell into his hands to be put to death." This bard, however, whofe effufion is too Pindaric for the outpouring of a Welfh bard, took...
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A Compendium of English Literautre: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...ode la founded on a tradition current In Wales, that Edward the First, when he completed tbe conquest of that country, ordered all the bards that fell Into his hands to be put to dcnlh. "OTer this Inimitable ode a tinge so wildly awful, so gloomily terrific, Is throvrn, a* without...
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Poems and Letters

Thomas Gray - 1863 - 456 pages
...clamour in vain below, while it purfues its flight, regardlefs of their noife. P. 29, note 1. — This ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward the Firft, when he completed the conqueft of that country, ordered all the Bards that fell into his hands to be put to...
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...fate, Beneath the good how far — but far above the great. 239. THE BAUD. PINDARIC. ADVERTISEMENT.— The following ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales that Edward J., when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the bards that fell into his hands...
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Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of ...

1865 - 708 pages
...revolution of a few ages, all national animosity was entirely forgotten, AA 100.— THE BAUD. GRAY. [This Ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward the First, when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards that fell into his hands...
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Half Hours of English History: From the Roman Period to the Death of Elizabeth

Charles Knight - 1866 - 704 pages
...revolution of a few ages, all national animosity was entirely forgotten. AA 100.— THE BARD. GRAY. [This Ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward the First, when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards that fell into his hands...
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The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett

Samuel Johnson - 1868 - 280 pages
...following ode ia founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward L, when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the bards that fell into his hands to be put to death. I. — 1. ' RUIN seize thee, ruthless King I Confusion on thy banners wait ; Though faim'd...
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The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine

1869 - 974 pages
...This ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward I., when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the bards that fell into his hands to be put to death," in this following the example of the Romans, who massacred the Druid-bards to hinder them...
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The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith, and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors

Thomas Campbell - 1870 - 456 pages
...ode is founded on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward toe First, when he completed the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards that fell into his hands to be put to death. t Gilbert de Clare, surnamed the Red, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, son-in-law to King...
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