 Look on this spot — .a nation's sepulchre ! Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — 'and other creeds Will rise with other years, till man shall learn Vainly...  The works, of ... lord Byron - Page 52by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | 1811 - 546 pages
...shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twos Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's— and other creeds Will rise with other...— Is't not enough, unhappy thing ! to know Thou an ? Is this a boon so kindly given, That being, thou would'st be again, and go, Thou know'st not,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1812 - 314 pages
...shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with other...of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built on reeds. II. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing ! to know... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 510 pages
...the following stanzas. ' Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with other...of doubt and death, whose hope is built on reeds. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is'tnot enough, unhappy thing! to know Thou... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 506 pages
...the following stanzas. 4 Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with other...Poor child of doubt and death, whose hope is built an reeds. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing! to... | |
 | Anonymous - History - 1812 - 512 pages
...the following stanzas. ' Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with other years, till man shall learn Vainly liis incense soars, his victim bleeds ; Poor child of doubt and death, ichote hopeis built on reeds.... | |
 | Theology - 1813 - 486 pages
...still of Athens, he says, " Even gods must yield — religions take their turn: 'Twas Jove's, 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds, Will rise with other...of doubt and death, whose hope is built on reeds." Ib. In other words, that all religion is gross delusion. If good poetry could apologize for bad divinity,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 324 pages
...whose shrines no longer burn, pven gods must yield — religions take their turn: 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with other...Poor child of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built onreeds. II. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven— Is't not enough, unhappy thing !... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 322 pages
...shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with other...his incense soars, his victim bleeds ; Poor child ofDdubt and Death,whose hope is built on reeds. II. IV. Hound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven—... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1816 - 248 pages
...shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with other...of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built on reeds. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing! to know Thou... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 250 pages
...shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with other...of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built on reeds. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing! to know Thou... | |
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