 Think nothing gained,' he cries, 'till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.' The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast,...  Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greekby Plutarch - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Robert Gordon Latham - 1850 - 152 pages
...pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold auxiliar kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign. Peace...cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Swedish banners fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky ! " The march begins in military state,... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her clmrms in vain ; " Think nothing gained," he cries, " till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their pow'rs combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace...in vain : ' Think nothing gain'd,' he cries, ' till naught remain ; On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.'... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...pain. No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold ar or hope ram ; ' Think nothing gained,' he cries, ' till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1851 - 544 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field; Behold surrounded kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain • 4 Think nothing gained,' he cries, < till naught remain :" On Moscow's walls, till Gothic standards... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding Kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace...hand, but spreads her charms in vain ; " Think nothing gained," he cries, " till naught remain ; On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards &y, And all be mine... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding Kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace...hand, but spreads her charms in vain , " Think nothing gained," he cries, " till naught remain ; On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine... | |
 | Archibald Alison - 1852 - 552 pages
...he rushes to the field. Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And some capitulate and some resign. Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain ; - Think nothing gained,- he cries, - till nought remain, On Moscow-s walls till Gothic standards fly. And all be mine... | |
 | George Jacob Holyoake - 1853 - 156 pages
...wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, Behold surrounding kings their power combine, And one capitulate,...resign. Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vai«. " Think nothing gained," he cries, " till naught remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1853 - 548 pages
...sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounded kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace...hand, but spreads her charms in vain : ' Think nothing gained,' he cries, ' till naught remain : On Moscow's walls, till Gothic standards fly, And all be... | |
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