...defied, Chang'd his hand, and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen,...fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed: On the bare earth...

...glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while he heaven and earth defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse....high estate, And '''weltering in his blood. Deserted in his utmost need By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend...

...infuse ; He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fall'n, fall'n, fall'n, fall'n, Fall'n from his high estate, And weltering in his blood !...By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes ! With downcast eyes the joyless victor sate,...

...defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful Muse, Soft pity to infuse : He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen,...fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare...

...his hand, and check'd his pride. • He chose a mournful muse Soft pity to infuse : He sung Dariiis great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Fallen from his high estate, And welt'ring in his blood ; Deserted, at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed : On the bare...

...Thy sky-worn robes of tenderest blue, And eyes of dewy light. COLLINS1 Ode to Pity. Thus music :— Deserted at his utmost need, By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth expos1d he lies, "With not a friend to close his eyes. Alexander1s Feast. If, instead of expressing...

...objects: Long, pity, let the nations view Thy sky-worn robes of tenderest blue, And eyes of dewy light!20 Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed, On the bare earth expos'd he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.21 If, instead of expressing our own, we describe...

...brother, but He was left to die alone. What John Dryden wrote of in "Alexander's Feast" was truer of Jesus Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed; On the bare earth expos'd he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. Forecast: "My lovers and my friends stand aloof...

...defied, Changed his hand, and checked his pride. He chose a mournful muse, Soft pity to infuse, He sung Darius great and good, By too severe a fate, Fallen,...And weltering in his blood: Deserted at his utmost need,0 So By those his former bounty fed; On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close...