 Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her withered bays; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust,...  Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays - Page 109by Henry Hart Milman - 1870 - 500 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Campbell - English language - 1801
...things intelligible. Of this the following is one from Pope : At length Erasmus, that great injur'd name, (The glory of the priesthood, and the shame...Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove these holy Vandals off the stage. Here the almost irresistible influence of general manners, which... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1807
...against Poetry . It seems evidently borrowed by Pope when he applies the thought to Erasmus. — " At length Erasmus, that great injured name The glory of the priesthood and the shame /" Young remembered the antithesis when he said, " Of some for glory such the boundless rage That they're... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1808 - 651 pages
...began. At length Erasmus, that great injur'd name (The glory of the priesthood, and the shame!), Stemm'd the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But seel each muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays; Rome's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808
...began. At length Erasmus, that great injur'd name, (The glory of the priesthood, and the shame !) Stem'd the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see ! each Muse in Leo's golden days Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays ; Rome's... | |
 | Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808
...began. At length Erasmus, that great iujur'd name, (The glory of the priesthood, and (he shame !) Stem'd the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see ! each Muse in Leo's golden days Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd hays; Rome's... | |
 | British poets - 1809
...At length Erasmus, that great injur'd name, (The glory of the priesthood, and the shame !) Stemm'd the wild torrent of a barbarous age. And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see ! each Muse in Leo's golden days Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays ; Home's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 526 pages
...began. At length Erasmus, that great injur'd name, (The glory of the priesthood, and the shame !) Stem'd the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her witherM. bays; Rome's... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819
...avoid the rocks mid shoals, which lie every where around us. At length Erasmus, that great injur'd name, (The glory of the priesthood and the shame,) Stemmed the wild torrent of a barb'rous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. In this our day of proof, our land of hope,... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822
...began. At length Erasmus, that great injured name, (The glory of the priesthood, and the shame!) Stemm'd the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off" the stage. But see ! each Muse in Leo's golden days Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays; Rome's... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...construed to be good : A second deluge Learning thus. o'erran, And the monks finish'd what the Goths began. At length Erasmus, that great injured name, (The glory of the priesthood, and the shame!) Stemm'd the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see !... | |
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