| Isaac Brandon - 1811 - 598 Seiten
...temples, Ye! Whose agonies are evils of a day— A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. LXXIX. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands," Childless...crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither* d hands, Whose holy dust was scatter* d long ago; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now;... | |
| 1818 - 806 Seiten
...nations! there she stands, Childless and crowniess, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago; The Scipio's tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers: dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?... | |
| 1818 - 772 Seiten
...are evils of a day—* A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. her distress ! 79. The Xiobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty um within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was seatter'd long ago ; The Scipio's tomb contains no... | |
| 1818 - 574 Seiten
...temples, Ye! Whose agonies are evils of a day— A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. «' The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, The Scipio's tomb contains... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 Seiten
...temples, Ye! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. LXX1X. The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless...hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; l4 The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers:... | |
| 1821 - 746 Seiten
...was scatter'd long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantlcss Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber...Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress ! This may not be the very purest of all styles of poetry, (though we confess our perceptions are not... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 Seiten
...temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day— A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. LXXIX. The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless...crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Sripios' tomb contains no ashes now ;... | |
| 1825 - 516 Seiten
...and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day— A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless wo ; An emply urn within her whher'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago; The Scipios' tomb... | |
| 1822 - 534 Seiten
...temples, ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — V. world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless...crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her "withered hands, Who'e holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now;... | |
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