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" The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind. "
Journal of the conversations of lord Byron ... in the years 1821 and 1822 - Page 204
by Thomas Medwin - 1824
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Poems on Westminster abbey, the immortal lord viscount Nelson, &c. &c. &c

M. Bailey - 1807 - 38 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces,, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea all which it inherit s-hall dissolve ; and like The baseless fabric of a vision, leave not 'A wreck behind. - ' Sic transit Gloria Mundi-, •WHILST the righteous soul secure in existe•nce•y...
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1807 - 312 pages
...gorgeous palaces ; the solemn temples; yea, the great globe itself, with all which it inherits, • shall dissolve, and like the baseless fabric of a vision, leave not a wreck behind." We shall survive. Though the loss of parents and friends ; though the frequent infirmities...
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The barouche driver and his wife, Volume 2

Charles Sedley (novelist.) - 1807 - 218 pages
...gorgeous pa" laces, " The solemn temples, the great globe itself— " Yea, all that it inherit—shall dissolve, " And like the baseless fabric of a vision, " Leave not a wreck behind! THE END. POSTSCRIPT. The Author has the honour to an-nounce, that he is busily engaged...
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The barouche driver and his wife, Volume 2

Charles Sedley (novelist.) - 1807 - 218 pages
...gorgeous pa" laces, " The solemn temples, the great globe itself— " Yea, all that it inherit—shall dissolve, " And like the baseless fabric of a vision, " Leave not a wreck behind! THE END. POSTSCRIPT. The Author has the honour to announce, that he is busily engaged...
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Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin: Established for the ..., Volume 1

Gaelic Society of Dublin - Irish literature - 1808 - 428 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, " The solemn temples, the great globe itself, " Yea, all that it inherit, shall dissolve, " And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, " Leave not a wreck behind." SHAKESPEARE. We always had, notwithstanding the respectable Dr. Shaw's idea to the contrary,...
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The British Cicero: Or, A Selection of the Most Admired Speeches ..., Volume 1

Oratory - 1808 - 540 pages
...tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, " The solemn temples, the great globe itself, '' Yea, all that it inhabit, shall dissolve, " And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, " Leave not a wreck behind." By pretended correction, when we reprove ourselves, that we may seem to speak without...
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The Picadilly ambulator; or, Old Q, memoirs of the private life of that ever ...

J P. Hurstone - 1808 - 136 pages
...towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." Life is uncertain in every stage of humanity; how much more so then in the advanced...
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A Compend of History, from the Earliest Times: Comprehending a General View ...

Samuel Whelpley - History - 1808 - 390 pages
...the gorgeous palaces— " The solemn temples — the great globe itself; Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve—- And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." And alas! the ravages of time, though rapid and resistless, are too slow to satisfy...
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A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of ...

David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...tovv'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits shall dissolve. And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind." But the promises and threatenings of the holy writings shall be receiving their awful...
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The remains of Joseph Blacket ... and a memoir of his life by mr ..., Volume 2

Joseph Blacket - 1811 - 340 pages
...tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, And all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind !" Behold too, on the proudly-winding Thames, Who wafts the bulwarks of our Albion's hope...
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