 Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers: dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.  The works of lord Byron - Page 49by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
 | sir Henry Delmé (fict.name.) - 1841 - 524 pages
...not her; for she sleeps well." " The Niobe of nations'. there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd...sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress."... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pages
...our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobc of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her wither'd...sepulchres lie tenantless Of their hero'ic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...fragile as our clay. LXXIX. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, ( 1 ) Childless and crownless, sheath'd with an invulnerable mind, That, if no joy, no sorrow lurk'd ; (2) The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through... | |
 | Ebenezer Bailey - Readers - 1841 - 416 pages
...tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers. Dost thou flow, Old Tiber, through a marble wilderness? Rise,...distress ! The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood nod fin, Have dealt upon the seven-hilled city's pride ; She saw her glories, star by star, expire,... | |
 | Joshua Horner - Art - 1841 - 162 pages
...tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise,...yellow waves, and mantle her distress ! The Goth, the Chtlstlan, Time, War, Flood, and Fire, Have dealt upon the seven-hilled city's pride ; She saw her... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...as fragile as our clay. 1ЛМХ. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, * Childless and crownless, h for those who conquer'd on that plain ; Here Burgundy bequeath'd his tombless host, A bony heap, б The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1843 - 320 pages
...tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise,...distress. The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood, and Fire, Have dealt upon the seven-hill'd city's pride; 8he saw her glories star by star expire, And up... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1844 - 318 pages
...tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantlcss Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness ? Rise,...distress. The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood, and Fire, Have dealt upon the seven-hill'd city's pride; She saw her glories star by star expire. And up... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1844 - 564 pages
...crownless in her voiceless wo ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now...sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise with thy yellow waves and mantle her distress... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - Military art and science - 1845 - 642 pages
...our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe, An empty urn within her wither'd...sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness 1 Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.... | |
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