| 1818 - 638 pages
...escape from it, and turn our eyes to the moonlight tliyi indistinct shadow of the ruins of the Coliseum. A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces,...opens the decay, When the colossal fabric's form is neai;ed : It will not bear the brightness of the day, Which streams too much on all years, man, have... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...escape from it, and turn our eyes to the moonlight and indistinct shadow of the ruins of the Coliseum* A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been reared j Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appeared. Hath it indeed... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...seats crush'd — walls bow'd — And galleries, where my steps seem echoes strangely loii<l: CXLIII. A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls , palaces...appeared. Hath it indeed been plundered, or but cleared? Aks! developed, opens the decay, When the colossal fabric's from is neared : It will not bear the brightness... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...seats crush'd — walls bow'd — And galleries, where my steps seem echoes strangely loud. CXLIII. A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd. Hath... | |
| 1821 - 304 pages
...and her Ruin past Redemption's skill, The World, the same wide den— of thieves, or what ye will. A ruin— yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, -palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass. And marvel where the spoil could have appeared. Hath... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...loud. CXLIII. A ruin—yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd. Hath it indeed been plunder'd, or but clear'd? Alas! developed, opens the decay, When the... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...void — seats crusli'd — walls bow'd — And galleries, where my steps seem echoes itrangcly loud. + rear'd Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil .mil, I have appear 'd. llnth... | |
| Selina Martin - Italy - 1828 - 418 pages
...wait till ages are its dower. A ruin — yet, what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half cities, have been reared ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye...opens the decay, When the Colossal Fabric's form is rear'd, It will not bear the brightness of the day, r Which streams too much on all years, man, have... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...loud CXL1II. A nun — yet what rain ! from its mass Wall*, pa bee«, balf-cilie«, have been rear'd ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass. And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd. lUiu it indeed been plunder'd, or but ciear'dT Alas' developed, opens the decay, Wb<;o the... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...void — seats crushed — walls bowed — And galleries, where my steps seem echoes strangely loud A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces,...appeared. Hath it indeed been plundered, or but cleared 1 Alas ! developed, opens the decay, When the colossal fabric's form is neared : It will not bear the... | |
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