 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - 1884 - 536 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. Ruin seize thee, ruthless King ! Confusion on thy banners wait! Though fann'd by Conquest's... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 468 pages
...is founded on a Tradition current in Wales, that EDWARD THE FIRST, when he compleated the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards, that fell into his hands, to be put to death." — ED.] THE BARD. A PINDARIC ODE. I. 1. " RUIN seize thee, ruthless King ! Confusion on... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 450 pages
...though all by Gray, diSer, and are here dated. Both editions are preceded by this Advertisement: — "The following Ode is founded on a Tradition current in Wales, that EDWARD THE FIRST, when he compleated the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards, that fell into his hands,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1884 - 452 pages
...though all by Gray, differ, and are here dated. Both editions are preceded by this Advertisement: — "The following Ode is founded on a Tradition current in Wales, that EDWARD THE FIRST, when he compleated the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards, that fell into his hands,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1885 - 164 pages
...though all by Gray, differ, and are here dated. Both editions are preceded by this Advertisement, — 'The following Ode is founded on a Tradition current in Wales, that EDWARD THE FIRST, when he compleated the conquest of that country, ordered all the Bards, that fell into his hands,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1885 - 356 pages
...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 he put to death. Gray. (See Harrington on the Statutes, p. 358 ; Jones's Relics, vol. ip 38; Bayer's... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1885 - 560 pages
...the irregularity of the numbers towards the conclusion of the foregoing stanza. ******! The second 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,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1886 - 176 pages
...clamor in vain belcw, while it pursues its flight, regardless of their noise. THE BARD. P. 33. 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... | |
 | Thomas Gray - 1891 - 200 pages
...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. I. 1. ' KOIN seize thee, ruthless King ! 'Confusion on thy banners wait, 'Tho' fanned by... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1891 - 394 pages
...the poet, ' on a tradition current in Wales, that Edward the First, when he concluded the conquest of that country, ordered all the bards that fell into his hands to be put to death.' The 'agonising king' (line 56) is Edward II.; the 'she-wolf of France' (57), Isabel his... | |
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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. 
