twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still... The works of lord Byron - Page 125by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Full view - About this book
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...hoar austerity Of rugged désolation, ami (ill'd up. As 'l were anew, the gaps of centuries : JriviMjj that beautiful which still was so. And making that which was not, till (he place Itecame religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! The dead,... | |
| Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 814 pages
...command, A fair imperial flower ; She seemed designed for Flora's hand, The iceptre of her power. Couper. Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead but sceptered sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. Byron. The SCEPTRE is a kind of royal... | |
| Thomas Willcocks - 1829 - 334 pages
...tender light, Which soften'd down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and fill'd up, As 'twere, anew, the gaps of centuries; Leaving that beautiful...which still was so, And making that which was not. 112 STARS. TARS. THE STARS. UROLT. YE stars ! bright legions that, before all time, Camped on yon plain... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...tender light, Which soften'd down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and fill'd up, As 'twere, anew, the gaps of centuries; Leaving that beautiful...silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptered sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. — 'T was such a night ! T is strange... | |
| Silas Pinckney Holbrook - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 324 pages
...be,) I saw a shadow that I could not account for, cast beside my own. ' The place Became religious, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old. The dead but scepterccl sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.' In recalling the mass of what we... | |
| Silas Pinckney Holbrook - Voyages and travels - 1830 - 396 pages
...I s:iw a shadow that I could not account for, cast beside my own. ' The place Became religious, am! the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, The dead but sceptered sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.' In recalling the mass of what we... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 pages
...tender light, Which soften'd down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and fill'd up, As 't were anew, the gaps of centuries : Leaving that beautiful...sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. — 'T was such a night ! 'T is strange that I recall it at this time ; But I have found our thoughts... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 354 pages
...tender light, Which soften'd down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and fill'd up, As 'twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful...Our spirits from their urns. — 'Twas such a night 1 Enter the ABBOT. Abbot. My good lord ! I crave a second grace for this approach ; But yet let not... | |
| 1834 - 766 pages
...of the Coliseum of Rome ; he talks of the influence it had upon his mind, until, he says, "The piare Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old — The dead yet sceptred sovereigns that still rule Our spirits from their и'ns." The Lady's Chapel constituted... | |
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