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" Come, but molest not yon defenceless urn : Look on this spot — a nation's sepulchre ! Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with... "
The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 458
1811
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 19

English literature - 1811 - 600 pages
...of gods, whose shrines no longer burn. » Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will...— Is't not enough, unhappy thing ! to know Thou art ? Is this a boon so kindly given, That being, thou would'st be again, and go, Thou know'st not,...
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The British review and London critical journal

1812 - 564 pages
...longer burn. Even gods must yield—religions take their turn: 'Twas Jove's—'tis Mahomet's—and other creeds Will rise with other years, till man...heaven— Is't not enough, unhappy thing! to know Thou art ? Is this a boon so kindly given, That being, thou wouklst be again, and go, Thou know'st not,...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt : and Other Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1812 - 314 pages
...Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will...of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built on reeds. II. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing ! to know...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 7

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 510 pages
...sentiments contained in the following stanzas. ' Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will...of doubt and death, whose hope is built on reeds. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is'tnot enough, unhappy thing! to know Thou...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 7

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 506 pages
...sentiments contained in the following stanzas. 4 Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will...Poor child of doubt and death, whose hope is built an reeds. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing! to...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 8, Part 1

1812 - 666 pages
...efforts, — on the inexhaustible topic of the frailty of human life, and the folly of human ambition. ' Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven ; Is't not enough, unhappy thing ! to know Thou art ? Is this a boon so kindly given, That being thou would st be again, and go, Thou knowst not, reek's...
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The Quarterly Review (london)

Anonymous - History - 1812 - 512 pages
...sentiments contained in the following stanzas. ' Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will...rise with other years, till man shall learn Vainly liis incense soars, his victim bleeds ; Poor child of doubt and death, ichote hopeis built on reeds....
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The Quarterly Theological Magazine, and Religious Repository ..., Volume 1

Theology - 1813 - 486 pages
...volume. Speaking still of Athens, he says, " Even gods must yield — religions take their turn: 'Twas Jove's, 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds, Will...of doubt and death, whose hope is built on reeds." Ib. In other words, that all religion is gross delusion. If good poetry could apologize for bad divinity,...
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The Stranger: A Literary Paper ..., Volume 1

1813 - 458 pages
...Abode of gods, where shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will...of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built on reeds. The charm of Lord Byron's poetry, is derived, amongst other reasons which we shall enumerate, from...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,: A Romaunt: and Other Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 324 pages
...Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn, pven gods must yield — religions take their turn: 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will...Poor child of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built onreeds. II. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven— Is't not enough, unhappy thing !...
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