| Peter Parley - 1839 - 384 pages
...High heaven the footstool for his feet he makes, And wide beneath him, all Olympus shakes. He spake ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial...gives the nod ; The stamp of Fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven, with trembling, the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...That flit ere you can point the place ; Or, like the rainbow's lovely form, Evanishing amid the storm. He spoke ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes...ambrosial curls, and gives the nod ; The stamp of fate, the sanction of a God ; High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its centre... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1839 - 702 pages
...shook the celestial locks of his immortal head, all Olympus was shaken." Mr. Pope translates it thus : He spoke ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes...his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of lute, and sanction of a God. High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...honours of our head, The nod that ratifies the will divine, The faithful, fix'd, irrevocable sign ; glory rise, From shelves to shelves see greedy Vulcan roll, And lick up all their physic of th Shakos his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 pages
...shook the celestial locks of his immortal head, all Olympus was shaken." Pope translates it thus : He spoke ; and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes...gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of a god. High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to its centre shook. Analysis.... | |
| William Burder - 1841 - 624 pages
...High heaven the footstool for his feet he makes, And wide beneath him all Olympus shakes. He spake, and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial...gives the nod, The stamp of Fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven with, trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. TEMPLES.... | |
| William Burder - 1841 - 638 pages
...footstool for his feet he makes, And wide heneath him all Olympus shakes. He spake, and awful bonds his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial curls and gives the nod, The stamp of Fate, and sanction of the god : High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook. The... | |
| Hawks Le Grice - 1841 - 462 pages
...penetrate beyond the boundless regions of creation bespeak the great Jove, heaven's mighty king ! " He shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod; The stamp of fate , and sanction of the god ". This cameo is of oriental agate, and is sculptured in very high relief. It must have presented... | |
| Samuel Niles Sweet - 1843 - 324 pages
...what none dare refuse, — the passive obedience and trembling homage of all the minor divinities, " Shakes his ambrosial Curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, the sanction of a god !" State affairs have for several years monopolized the attention pf Mr. M'Duffie.... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1851 - 318 pages
...honours of our head ; The nod that ratifies the will divine ; The faithful, fixed, irrevocable, sign ,This seals thy suit, and this fulfils thy vows. —...gives the nod,— The stamp of fate, and sanction of the God : High heaven, with trembling, the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.... | |
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