 Hues 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 earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke...  The works of ... lord Byron - Page 158by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...azure gloom Of an Italian night, where the deep skies assume Hues which have words, and speak to ye 4 of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wond'rous monument, And shadows forth its glory. * * * * There is a power And magic in the ruin'd battlement For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...exhaustless mine Of contemplation; and the azure gloom Of an Italian night, where the deep skies assume Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats...spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, hut hroke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...Of contemplation ; and the azure gloom Of an Italian night, where the deep skies assume CXXIX. Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats...given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, the cause of truth. It was not thus that our fathers maintained it in the brilliant periods of our... | |
 | Sarah Rogers Haight - Europe - 1846 - 384 pages
...earth, which time hath bent, T... ..fc. . FAREWELL. - ' * 267 A spirit's feeling, and where he has 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, Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...contemplation ; and the azure «loom * Of an Italian night, where the deep skies assume CXXIX. Hues y in our language, and surely worthy of a higher place than any living wondruus monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which time... | |
 | Sarah Rogers Haight - Europe - 1846 - 380 pages
...not revert to it, with that interest that is ever called forth by the " pyramid of empires," Rome ! " There is given Unto the things of earth, which time hath bent, FAREWELL. 267 A spirit's feeling, and where he has leant His hand, but broke hia scythe, there is a... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...Of contemplation ; and the azure gloom Of an Italian night, where the deep skies assume CXXIX. Hues ge ? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow ?...life's page, And be alone on earth, as I am now. •' ruin'd battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages... | |
 | 1848 - 446 pages
...is given Unto the things of earth, which time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and when he hath lent His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1851 - 352 pages
...Of contemplation ; and the azure gloom Of an Italian night, where the deep skies assume CXX1X. Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats...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, and wait till ages... | |
 | John Ludlum McConnel - Families - 1851 - 296 pages
..." melancholy yet soothing, mournful but pleasant. In the words of the poet I quoted awhile ago, • 'There is given Unto the things of earth which time hath bent, A spirit's feeling ; and when he hath lent His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement.'... | |
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