 There is a stern round tower of other days,' Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave...  The Greece of the Greeks - Page 185by G. A. Perdicaris - 1845Full view - About this book
 | 1854 - 800 pages
...form of the Norman tower. Of one of these Byron says, — " There is * stern old tower of other days. Firm as a fortress with its fence of stone ; Such...delays, Standing -with half its battlements alone." One of these tombs is the nucleus of the castle of St Angelo, others were incrnsted into the fortified... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...better spring less bitter fruit bring forth. XCIX. There is a stem round tower of other clays, 4» Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such...battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — What... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...better spring , less bitter fruit being forth, XGIX. There is a stern round tower of other days , fi Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength displays, Standing with half its battlements alone , And with two thousand years of ivy grown , The... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...shall a bettor spring less bitter fruit bring forth. XUX. There is a stern round tower of other days, Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's batiled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...hring forth. XCIX. There is a stern round tower of other days, (49) Firm as a fortress, with its fenee of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its hattlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, dying, The garland of eternity, where... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...a better spring less bitter fruit bring forth. XCIX. There is a stern round tower of other days, to Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such...battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown; What was... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...So shall a better spring less bitter fruit bring forth. There is a stern round tower of other days, . Land of lost gods and godlike men ! art thou! Thy...IheeXatnre's varied favourite now: Thy fiiin>. thy temples t ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — What... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...spring less. bitter fruit bring forth. xeix. There is astern round tower of other days, (46) Firm asa fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's...strength delays, Standing with half its battlements a'one, And with two thousand years of ivy grown. The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...better spring less bitter fruit bring forth. XCIX. There is a stern round tower of other days, *9 Finn as a fortress, with its fence of s-tone, Such as an army's bafiled strength dt'l.ivs, Standing with half its battlements alntu-, And with two thous;rud yenrs... | |
 | 1828 - 488 pages
...shrugged up his shoulders, and pointed at an old moss-grown edifice. It was a stem old pile of other days, Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone. Such as an army's bafflrd strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone. And with a thousand years of ivy... | |
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