 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1772 - 628 pages
...we ftould have hated,— But to Time, Not HER, the praife is due : his gradual tonch Has moulder'd into beauty many a tower, Which, when it frown'd with...deck'd with all its fpires, Serv'd but to feed fome pampcr'd Abbot's pride, And awe the unletter'd vulgar. Dwelling with delight on this romantic fcenery,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1772 - 534 pages
...is due : his gradual touch- • • Has moulder'd into beauty many a tower, Which, when it frown 'd with all its battlements^ Was only terrible : and...deck'd with all its fpires, Serv'd but to feed fome pamper'd abbot's pride, And awe th' unletter'd vulgar. Generous youth, Whoe'er thou art, that liften'ft... | |
 | R. Griffiths - 1772 - 632 pages
...we Ihould have hated,— But to Time, Not HER, the praife is due : his gradual touch lías moulder'd into beauty -many a tower, Which, when it frown'd with all its battlements^ Was only teniblc : and many a fane Monallic, which when deck'd with all its fpircs, berv'd but to fe.-d fome... | |
 | William Mason - 1778 - 168 pages
...Time,. Not her, the praife is due : his gradual touch. Has moulder'd into beauty many a tower,. 3.70 Which, when it frown'd with all its battlements, Was only terrible > and many a fane Monaftic, which, when deck'd with all its fpires,. Serv'd but to feed fome pamper'd Abbot's pride,... | |
 | William Mason - English poetry - 1783 - 264 pages
...had rous'd our hatred. But to Time, Not her, the praife is due : his gradual touch 365 Has moulder'd into beauty many a tower, Which, when it frown'd with.../ Monadic, which, when deck'd with all its fpires, Scrv'd but to feed fome pamper'd Abbot's pride, 370 And awe th' unlctter'cl vulgar. Generous Youth,... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1783 - 268 pages
...had rous'd our hatred. But 19 Time, Not her, the praife is due : his gradual touch 365 Has moulder'd into beauty many a tower, Which, when it frown'd with...its battlements, Was only terrible ; and many a fane Monaftic, which, when deck'd with all its fpires, Serv'd but to feed fome pamper'd Abbot's pride, 370... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1783 - 272 pages
...tower, .Which, when it frown'd with all its battlements, Was only terrible ; and many a fane Monaftic, which, when deck'd with all its fpires, Serv'd but to feed fome pamper'd Abbot's pride, 370 And awe th' unletter'd vulgar. Generous Youth, Whoe'er thou art, that liften'ft... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...charms to the massive and moss-grown structure : truly — " Time by his gradual touch, Has moulder'd into beauty many a tower, Which, when it frown'd with all its battlements, Was only terrible." Nowhere has Time had more practice in this respect than on the Rhine — what wonder is it, then, that... | |
 | William Mason - 1796 - 264 pages
...had rous'd our hatred. But to Time, Not her, the praife is due : his gradual touch 365 Ha« moulder'd into beauty many a tower, Which, when it frown'd with all its battlementi, Was only terrible ; and many a fane Monadic, which, when deck'd with all its fpires, Serv'd... | |
 | Tintern Monm, abbey - 1798 - 78 pages
....i;: . " Not her, the praife is due ; his gradual touch " Has moulder'd into beauty many a tow'r, " Which, when it frown'd with all its battlements, '.' Was only terrible; and many a fane •./.., "- Monaftic, which,";when deck'd with all its fpires, " Serv'd but to feed fpme pamper'd Abbot's... | |
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Not her, the praise is due : his gradual touch Has moulder'd into beauty many a tower, Which, when it frown'd with all its battlements, Was only terrible... 
