 | John Dryden, John Milton, William D'Avenant - 1716 - 418 pages
...Challenge, and his clafhing Beam: Tec faintly now declines the fatal Strife ; So much his Love was deaiei than his Life. Now every Leaf, and every moving Breath...Death. Wearied, forfaken, and purfu'd, at laft All Safety in defpair of Safety plac'd, Courage he thence refumes, refolv'd to bear All their Aflaults,... | |
 | Virgin muse - 1722 - 250 pages
...Stream His dreadful Challenge, and his clafhing Beam.. Yet faintly now declines the fatal Strife y. So much his Love was dearer than his Life. Now every...forfaken, and purfu'd, at laft All fafety in Defpair of Safety plac'd, Courage he thence relumes, refolv'd to bear All their Aflaults, fince 'tis in vain to... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...And taught the woods to echo to the ftream His dreadful challenge, and his clafhing beam. Yet faintly now declines the fatal ftrife ; So much his love was dearer than his life. Now ev'ry leaf, and every moving breath, Prefents a foe, and ev'ry foe a death. Weary'd, forfaken, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 486 pages
...the ftream His dreadful challenge and his clafhing beam. Yet faintly now declines the fatal ftrifc, So much his love was dearer than his life. Now every...moving breath Prefents a foe, and every foe a death. Weary'd, forfaken, and purfued, at lairAll fafcty in dcfpair of fafety plac'd, Courage lie thence rcfumes,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 236 pages
...And taught the woods to echo to the ftream His dreadful challenge and his clafhing beam. Yet faintly now declines the fatal ftrife, So much his love was...his life. Now every leaf, and every moving breath Prefcnts a foe, and every foe a death. Weary 'd, forfaken, and purfued, at laft All fafety in derpair... | |
 | English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...And taught the woods to echo to the ftream His dreadful challenge, and his claming beam. Yet faintly now declines the fatal ftrife ; So much his love was dearer than his life. Now ev'ry leaf, and ev'ry moving breathy Prefents a foe, and ev'ry foe a death. Weary'd, forfaken, and... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 544 pages
...for wounds. The following may be admired by fome, but it feems to have a doubtful claim to praife : Now every leaf, and every moving breath Prefents a foe, and every foe a death. But the majority of our author's lines even here, are of different character. The fentiment in the... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1791 - 966 pages
...And taught the woods to echo to the ftream His dreadful challenge and his clalhing beam. Ye: faintly now declines the fatal ftrife. So much his love was dearer than his life. Now cv'ry leaf and cv'ry moving breath Prefcnts a foe, and cv'ry foe a death. Wearied, forfaken, andpurfued,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - English poetry - 1793 - 388 pages
...ftream His dreadful challenge, and his clafhing beam : Yet faintly now declines the fatal ftrife ; 285 So much his love was dearer than his life. Now every...leaf, and every moving breath, Prefents a foe, and ev'ry foe a death. Wearied, forfaken, and purfu'd, at laft All fefety in defpair of fafety plac'd,... | |
 | 1793 - 376 pages
...ftream His dreadful challenge, and his claming beam : Yet faintly now declines the fatal ftrife; 285 So much his love was dearer than his life. Now every...leaf, and every moving breath, Prefents a foe, and ev'ry foe a death. Wearied, forfaken, and piirfu'd, at laft All fefety in defpair of.fafety plac'd,... | |
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So much his love was dearer than his life. Now every leaf, and every moving breath Presents a foe, and every foe a death. 
