 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1801 - 674 pages
...Freedom fails, but Nature still is fair. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould! But one vast realm of wonder...Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon. ^^^^^ i _^^__^^_^-_^ — ____. Long shall thine annals and immortal tongue Fill with thy fame the youth... | |
 | 700 pages
...Freedom fails, but Nature still is fair. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould! But one vast realm of wonder...Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon. Long to the remnants of thy splendour past Shall pilgrims, pensive, but unwearied, throng; Long shall... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 706 pages
...Freedom fails, but Nature still is fair. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould! But one vast realm of wonder...crush'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, blit spares gray Marathon. Long snail thine annals and immortal tongue Fill with thy fame the youth... | |
 | Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...ol wonder spreads nround, And all the Muse's tales seem truly lo:d, Till the sense aches with guziug to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt...upon : Each hill and dale, each deepening glen and wojd, Defies the powej which awli'd thy temples gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but jpa/cs gray Marathon."... | |
 | English literature - 1812 - 1020 pages
...Nature still is fair. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in volgar mould ! But one vast realm of wonder spreads around....Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazintr to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon : Each hill and dale, each deepening... | |
 | American Philosophical Society - Electronic journals - 1808 - 622 pages
...childlike simplicity and naivete. They translate the reader into a realm of extravagant fancy where " One vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the muse's tales seem truly told." The gold that is sown so liberally is fairy gold, and the kings and princesses are fairy people. Not... | |
 | Europe - 1825 - 776 pages
...indebted to Mr Dallas for inspiring him " Where'er we tread,'iis haunted, holy ground, N'o earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ; But one vast realm of wonder...each deepening glen and wold, Defies the power which crush'J thy templet gone: Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon. " The nun, the soil,... | |
 | English literature - 1811 - 600 pages
...fail, but Nature still is fair. '" AYhere'er we tread 'tis haunted, holjr ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ; But one vast realm of wonder...Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon. * p. 104, 105. The poem closes with a few-pathetic stanzas to the memory of a beloved object, who appears... | |
 | 1811 - 546 pages
...haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ; But one vast realm of wonder spread* around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told,...each deepening glen and wold Defies the power which crush 'd thy temples gone : Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon. ' p. 10*. 105. The... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1812 - 314 pages
...Nature still is fair. « • 104 LXXX. Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground, No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould ! But one vast realm of wonder...Age shakes Athena's tower, but spares gray Marathon. LXXXt. Long to the remnants of thy splendour past Shall pilgrims, pensive, but unwearied, throng ;... | |
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tis haunted, holy ground; No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould, But one vast realm of wonder spreads around, And all the Muse's tales seem truly told, Till the sense aches with gazing to behold The scenes our earliest dreams have dwelt upon; Each... 
