| John Feltham - Isle of Man - 1798 - 330 pages
...the large room was about 36 feet by 24. " No more its arches echo to the noife " Of joy and feftive mirth: no more the glance " Of blazing taper through its •windows beams, "" And quivers o'er the undulating wave ; " But naked ftand the melancholy walls, "• Lafll'd by the wintry tempefts,... | |
| Natham Drake - English literature - 1800 - 510 pages
...the solid walls, With warlike ramparts, and the strong defence Of jutting battlements, an age's toil! No more its arches echo to the noise Of joy and festive mirth. No more the glance Of blazing taper thro' its windows beams, And quivers on the undulating wave: But naked stand the melancholy walls,... | |
| John Evans - Wales, North - 1804 - 440 pages
...remote period which witnessed the convivial scenes of its prosperous days. But these are gone— " No more its arches echo to the noise Of joy and festive...blazing taper through its windows beams, And quivers o'er the undulating wave, But naked stand^ the melancholy walls, • • .« Lash'd by the wint'ry... | |
| American literature - 1804 - 496 pages
...and the strong defence Of jutting bâillements, an age's toil! No mere its arches echo to the nciss Of joy and festive mirth. No more the glance Of blazing taper thro' its windows beams. And quivers on the undulating wave: But naked stand the melancholy wails,... | |
| Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 668 pages
...arches echo to the noise Of loy and festive mirth; no more the glance Of blazing taper through iti windows beams, And quivers on the undulating wave : But naked stand the melancholy walls, JLash'dby the wintry tempests, cold and bleak, And whistle mournfully through the empty hall, And piecemeal... | |
| Robert Forsyth - Architecture - 1806 - 656 pages
...of the ruins of Lochleven Castle, has been frequently quoted by tourists : Mo more iti arehes eche to the noise Of joy and festive mirth ; no more the...the undulating wave : But naked stand the melancholy wall*, Lath'd by the wintry tempesu, cold and bleak. And whistle mournfully through the empty hall,... | |
| Robert Forsyth - Architecture - 1806 - 652 pages
...Lochleven Castle, hat been frequently quoted by tourists : No more iti arches echo to the noiie Of loy and festive mirth; no more the glance Of blazing taper through its window: beams, And quivers on the undulating wave : But naked stand the melancholy walls, Lash'd by... | |
| Architecture - 1808 - 366 pages
...the ruins of this place, will be pleased with the justness and beauty of the following description : No more its arches echo to the noise Of joy and festive...windows beams, And quivers on the undulating wave : But rxk.:d stand the melancholy walls, Lash'd by the wint'ry tempests, cold and bleak, That whistle mournful... | |
| English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...solid walls, With warlike ramparts and the strong. defence Of jutting battlements: an age's toil!. No more its arches echo to the noise' Of joy and festive...melancholy walls, Lash'd by the wintry tempests, cold and Weak, That whistle mournful through the empty halls, And piecemeal crumble down the towers to dust.... | |
| James Storer - Architecture - 1810 - 312 pages
...the ruins of this place, will be pleased with the justness and beauty of the following description : No more its arches echo to the noise Of joy and festive mirth. No more the glance Of blazing ti.jier through its windows beams, And quivers on the undulating wave: But naked stand the melancholy... | |
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