...desire Was painted in my looks; and thus I spake My wish more earnestly than language could. As Daniel, when the haughty king he freed From ire, ... ...vance; for these wheels Only nine years have compass him about. But, ere the Gascon practice on great Harry, Sparkles of virtue shall shoot forth in h... ...resset, the clear sparks Of love, that reign’d there, fashion to my view Our language. And as birds, from river banks Arisen, now in round, now length... ...son of delight; Whence truly sprang the wrath that banish’d me; And what the language, which I spake and fram’d Not that I tasted of the tree, my son,... ... return, Thousand save sev’nty times, the whilst I dwelt Upon the earth. The language I did use Was worn away, or ever Nimrod’s race Their unaccomplis... ...de o’er all the pastures. Arm of God! Why longer sleepst thou? Caorsines and Gascona Prepare to quaff our blood. O good beginning To what a vile concl... ...nder the influence of Mars, but at this time only nine years old v. 80. The Gascon.] Pope Clement V. v. 80. Great Harry.] The Emperor Henry VII. v. ... ... 51. Wolves.] Compare Milton, P. L. b. xii. 508, &c. v. 53. Cahorsines and Gascons.] He alludes to Jacques d’Ossa, a native of Cahors, who filled th... ...en two years vacant, and assumed the name of John XXII., and to Clement V, a Gascon, of whom see Hell, Canto XIX. 86, and Note. v. 63. The she goat.]...

... pierc’d by no star, That e’en I wept at entering. Various tongues, Horrible languages, outcries of woe, Accents of anger, voices deep and hoarse, Wit... ...d Aesop’s fable, where he told What fate unto the mouse and frog befell. For language hath not sounds more like in sense, Than are these chances, if t... ...hus while no way they found Nor avenue immediate through the flame, Into its language turn’d the dismal words: But soon as they had won their passage ... ...o more One tongue prevails. But pass we on, nor waste Our words; for so each language is to him, As his to others, understood by none.” Then to t... ...and lies, Began its rapine; after, for amends, Poitou it seiz’d, Navarre and Gascony. To Italy came Charles, and for amends Young Conradine an innocen... ...v. 63. For amends.] This is ironical v. 64. Poitou it seiz’d, Navarre and Gascony.] I venture to read Potti e Navarra prese e Guascogna, instead ... ...vance; for these wheels Only nine years have compass him about. But, ere the Gascon practice on great Harry, Sparkles of virtue shall shoot forth in h... ...de o’er all the pastures. Arm of God! Why longer sleepst thou? Caorsines and Gascona Prepare to quaff our blood. O good beginning To what a vile concl... ...nder the influence of Mars, but at this time only nine years old v. 80. The Gascon.] Pope Clement V. v. 80. Great Harry.] The Emperor Henry VII. v. ...