There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin'd battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp,... The Quarterly Review - Page 3721871Full view - About this book
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. THE COLISEUM AND THE GLADIATOR. 41 And here the buzz of eager nations ran, In murmur'd pity, or loud-roar'd... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 378 pages
...which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. cxxx. Oh Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of the earth, which Time hathbcnt, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand,...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. cxxx. Oh Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adomcr of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...His hand, butbrnfce his sc>'tlui, liiere is a power And magic in ÜUi luiu'il.battlciucut, For %Uch the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. / cxxx. I Oh Time ! tho licautifier of the dead, I Adorncr of th¡> ruin,.con»ft>rt6r \ And only hca!«r... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke lus scythe, there is a power And magic in the rum'd yron arc its dower. cxxx. Oh Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adomer of the ruin, comforter And only healer... | |
| Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...hand, but broke his seythe, there is a power And magie in the ruin'd battlement; For whieh the palaee of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. Byron's Childe Harold. There ¡sa temple in ruin stands, Fashion'd by long-forgotten hands ; Two or... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 pages
...which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of...hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its cxxx. Oh Time ! the beautiher of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the... | |
| Magnetic healing - 1848 - 440 pages
...feeling, and when he hath lent His hand, hut broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower." With regard to the seat of the feeling, which " disposes to dwell upon the past," the evidence I have... | |
| English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. * * * * * And here the b.uzz of eager nations ran, In murmured pity, or loud-roared applause, As man... | |
| Alfred Austin - Marriage - 1858 - 330 pages
...rifled altar, and pillaged sanctuary, — all were before them — wrecks, splendid and haughty yet: "To which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower." " This — this is the spot," exclaimed Miss Fairfort enthusiastically, " which I have long sought.... | |
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