 | Nicholas Toms Carrington - 1826 - 280 Seiten
...The duteous river laves — Fair Tavistock, thine abbey's mould'ring walls, And flows complaining by. O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane ! — O save the sacred pile O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing... | |
 | Nicholas Toms Carrington, Noel Thomas Carrington - 1834 - 340 Seiten
...The duteous river laves— Fair Tavistock, thine abbey's mould'ring walls, And flows complaining by. O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane !—O save the sacred pile O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing... | |
 | 1837 - 46 Seiten
...together in a most singular manner. CHAPTER VII. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ABBEY IN ITS PRESENT STATE. " O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious...the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing all Its pristine honours — from the ruthless grasp Of future violation." Carringttm.... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1845 - 440 Seiten
...The duteous river laves, Fair Tavistock, thine abbey's mouldering walls, And fl'ws complaining by. O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane ! CAEE1NOTON. IT has of late been much the custom with writers who raise a superstructure of fiction... | |
 | Rachel Evans - 1846 - 338 Seiten
...room in the gateway once served as a prison ; it is now converted into a Public Library. The Refectory or Abbot's Hall is still perfect ; but its handsomely...ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane ! — O save the sacred pile O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep shadowing... | |
 | William Wells Brown, William Farmer - 1852 - 354 Seiten
...attention of those under whose charge they are, and we felt like joining with the poet and saying — " 0 ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious...the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing all Its pristine honours — from the ruthless grasp Of future violation." In contemplating... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1855 - 338 Seiten
...attention of those under whose charge they are, and we felt like joining with the poet, and saying — " 0 ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious...the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing all Its pristine honors — from the ruthless grasp Of future violation ! " In contemplating... | |
 | James Williams Arrowsmith - 1906 - 256 Seiten
..."The duteous river laves Fair Westbury thy convent's mouldering walls, And flows complaining by. 0 ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane ! O save the sacred pile O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep shadowing... | |
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O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing all Its pristine honours — from the ruthless grasp Of future violation. 