 The tower that long had stood the crush of thunder and the warring winds, shook by the slow but sure destroyer time, now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; and flinty pyramids and walls of brass descend: — the Babylonian spires are sunk; Achaia,...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 56by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 350 pages
...had stood The crash of thunder, and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty...their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows olcl , The sun himself shall die, and ancient night Again involve the desolate abyss. ARMSTRONG. QUESTIONS.... | |
 | Henry Neele - 1830 - 582 pages
...the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruin o'er it's base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend....the stable tyranny of Thrones, And tottering Empires sink with their own weight : This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And all those worlds that roll... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. Ar.d flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottsring empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread, grows old ; And all those... | |
 | 1835 - 1040 pages
...long had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty...of brass Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Actiaia, Rome and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires... | |
 | Abraham Gesner - 1836 - 348 pages
...long had *tood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook hy the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins "o'er its base ; And flinty...Descend ; the Babylonian spires are sunk : Achaia, Home, and Egypt, moulder down. Time shakes (he stable tyranny of thrones. And tottering Empires rush... | |
 | Abraham Gesner - 1836 - 348 pages
...long Imd stood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend ; the Dabylonian spires are sunk : Achain, Rome, and Egypt, moulder down. Time shakes the sfable tyranny... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pages
...had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; And all those worlds that roll... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...comprchended. The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And totterjng' empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; And all those... | |
 | Henry Neele - 1839 - 264 pages
...thunder, and the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruin o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of...the stable tyranny of Thrones, And tottering Empires sink with their own weight : This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And all those worlds that roll... | |
 | 1842 - 622 pages
...its base, And flinty pyramid?, and walls of brass Descend ; the Babylonian spires are sunk, Achala, Rome and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable...empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity on which we tread, £rows old, And all thos.; worlds that roll around the sun — The sun himself shall... | |
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