 | W. H. Auden - Poetry - 2004 - 608 pages
...things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey: This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, young Was called to empire and had governed...absolute. This aged prince now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession... | |
 | Katrin Hockenjos - Character sketches - 2006 - 251 pages
...summons, monarchs must obey. 127 Nichols, aaO, S. 95f. und S. 98-100. This Flecknoe found, who like Augustus, young Was called to empire, and had governed...without dispute, Through all the realms of Nonsense, absolute.128 Flecknoe schneidet nicht nur in diesen Zeilen, sondern auch in der Literaturkritik eher... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 486 pages
...summons, monarchs must obey: Was call'd to empire, and had govern'd long: In prose and verse, was own'd, without dispute Through all the realms of Non-sense,...absolute. This aged prince now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession... | |
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Through all the realms of Nonsense absolute. This aged prince, now flourishing in peace, And blest with issue of a large increase, Worn out with business, did at length debate To settle the succession of the state... 
