...have formed the first stanza of his celebrated ode : " Ruin seize thee, ruthless king ! " Confusion on thy banners wait ! " Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, " They mock the air in idle state." MALONE. So. Away then, with good courage ; yet I know, Our party may well meet a proudzr...

...have no previous narration to lead you to it. The two next lines in that Ode are, I think, very good : "Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state'.'" Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from mine,...

...have no previous narration to lead you to it. The two next lines in that Ode are, I think, very good : "Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, They mock the air with idle state'." ' Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from mine,...

...previous narration to lead you to it. — The two next lines in that Ode are, I think, very good : ' Though fann'd by conquest's crimson wing, ' They mock the air with idle state."1 Here let it be observed, that although his opinion of Gray's poetry was widely different from...

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...put to death.] I. 1. "R.UIN seize thee, ruthless Ring [12]! " Confusion on thy banners wait; te Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing, " They mock the air with idle state (e). [II] " The Bard" (says Johnson) appears, at the first view, to be, as " Algarotti and others have...

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...BARD. PINDARIC ». I. l. ' -LVUIN seize thee, ruthless King! ' Confusion on thy hanners wait, ' Tho' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing ' They mock the air with idle state. ' Helm, nor f Hauberk's twisted mail, ' Nor e'en thy virtues, Tyrant, shall avail ' To save thy secret...