William Barnes Rhodes Quote

Bombastes: So have I heard on Afric's burning shore A hungry lion give a grievous roar; The grievous roar echoed along the shore. Artaxaminous: So have I heard on Afric's burning shore Another lion give a grievous roar; And the first lion thought the last a bore.


Bombastes Furioso (1810), act I, sc. iv


Bombastes: So have I heard on Afric's burning shore A hungry lion give a grievous roar; The grievous roar echoed along the shore. Artaxaminous: So...

Bombastes: So have I heard on Afric's burning shore A hungry lion give a grievous roar; The grievous roar echoed along the shore. Artaxaminous: So...

Bombastes: So have I heard on Afric's burning shore A hungry lion give a grievous roar; The grievous roar echoed along the shore. Artaxaminous: So...

Bombastes: So have I heard on Afric's burning shore A hungry lion give a grievous roar; The grievous roar echoed along the shore. Artaxaminous: So...