 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
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 pages
...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... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...second deluge learning thus o'er-ran, And the monks finished what the Goths began. At length Erasmus1, that great injured name, (The glory of the priesthood, and the shame!) 135 Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see!... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 512 pages
...construed to be good, A second deluge learning thus o'er-ran, And the monks finished what the Goths began. At length Erasmus, that great injured name, (The glory...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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 356 pages
...construed to be good ; A second deluge Learning thus o'errun, And the Monks finish'd what the Goths begun. 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1856 - 352 pages
...construed to be good ; A second deluge Learning thus o'errun, And the Monks finish'd what the Goths begun. 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... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - English literature - 1858 - 574 pages
...scandal of the age? 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 thameI Young remembered the antithesis when he said, Of some for glory such the boundless rage, That... | |
 | 1859 - 650 pages
...and of thesuperstitions of the middle ages. ' At len;rth Erasmus, that great injured name (The frlory of the priesthood and the shame). Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove tliose holy Vitnduls off the stage.' Pope's ' wild torrent' is not a very happy illustration of the... | |
 | George Campbell - English language - 1859 - 460 pages
...things sensible are brought to signify things intelligible. Of this the following is one from Pope : " 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." we speak... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 330 pages
...begun. 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 ; Rome's... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...begun. At length Erasmus, that great injured name, (The glory of the priesthood and the shame !) Stemm'd ests of the field ! Where grows! — where grows it not! If vain o oft' the stage. But see ! each muse, in LEO'S golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd... | |
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