 | 1797 - 616 páginas
...know, " What dire effects from civil discord flow." Tell how her standard on our plains she sprcd, How princes err'd, and hapless subjects bled. And,...descend Thy voice with Fiction's silver sounds to blend ; If e'er that lofty forehead stoop'd to wear The flow'ry wreath her graceful hands prepare ; if from... | |
 | 1797 - 618 páginas
...know, " What dire effects from civil discord flow." Tell how her standard on our plains she spred, How princes err'd, and hapless subjects bled. And, heavenly Truth ! if e'er thou didst descsnd Thy voice with Fiction's silver sounds to blend ; If e'er that lofty forehead stoop'd to wear... | |
 | Fraser Mackenzie - 1949 - 286 páginas
...orner tes attraits, et non pour les cacher. This is the version of the anonymous translation of 1797: Descend, bright Truth ! from Heaven's ethereal vault,...descend Thy voice with Fiction's silver sounds to blend; If e'er that lofty forehead stoop'd to wear The flow'ry wreath her graceful hands prepare; If from... | |
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tis theirs to hear; 'Tis thine to bid contending nations know, 'What dire effects from civil discord flow'. Tell how her standard on our plains she spread, How princes err'd, and hapless subjects bled. And, heavenly Truth ! if e'er thou did'st descend... 