 Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped...  A New Library of Poetry and Song - Seite 655von William Cullen Bryant - 1877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 Seiten
...theheart thatfed; And on the pedestal these words appear : "My name is Ozymaudias, king of kings: Look on 62works, ye Mighty, and despair ! " Nothing beside...SHELLEY. ADDRESS TO THE MUMMY AT BELZONI'S EXHIBITION. AND thou hast walked about (how strange a story !) In Thebes's streets three, thousand years ago, When... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 476 Seiten
...yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed : 2 And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. 1 First published in The Examiner alluded to ; and very characteristic... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 770 Seiten
...lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. ON FG HER voice did quiver as we parted, Yet knew I not that heart... | |
 | Samuel Waddington - 1882 - 280 Seiten
...wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked...level sands stretch far away. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. POLITICAL GREATNESS. jlOR happiness, nor majesty, nor fame, Nor peace, nor strength, nor skill in arms... | |
 | Sir Hall Caine - 1882 - 378 Seiten
...wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. TO THE MEMORY OF SAMUEL MARTIN, MY VENERABLE ORANDFATHER-1N-LAW,... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 448 Seiten
...well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. SHELLEY. _ ar-ter-ies de-sper-ate dis-loc-ate pro-ject-iles dex-ter-ous... | |
 | 1883 - 528 Seiten
...wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked...Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair !" Nothing besides remains. Bound the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1884 - 304 Seiten
...desert. Near them on the sand, | Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away." TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR. 1. rT"'HY country's curse is on thee, darkest... | |
 | Charles Witcomb - 1884 - 180 Seiten
...lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away." SHELLEY. Scorn not the sonnet; critic, you have frowned, Mindless... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1885 - 470 Seiten
...wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things The hand that mocked...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away." TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR. I. THY country's curse is on thee, darkest... | |
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