Where the car climb'd the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: — Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, 'Here was, or is', where all is doubly night? The works of lord Byronby George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823No preview available - About this book
| 1818 - 638 pages
...saw her glories star by star expire, And up the steep barbarian monarchs ride, Where the car clim'b the capitol : far and wide Temple and tower went down,...— Chaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void, O'er tin- dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is, " where all is doubly night ? The... | |
| 1818 - 574 pages
...saw her glories star by star expire, And up the steep barbarian monarchs ride, Where the car climb'd the capitol ; far and wide Temple and tower went down,...say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night ?" (P. 42, 43.) One of the most general and obvious faults of this poem of Childe Harold is, that it... | |
| 1818 - 806 pages
...saw her glories star by star expire, And up the steep barbarian monarchs ride, Where the car climb'd the capitol ; far and wide Temple and tower went down,...say, ' here was, or is,' where all is doubly night ? 81. The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap gel, from... | |
| DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...saw her glories star by star expire, And up the steep barbarian monarchs ride, Where the car ciim'b the capitol : far and wide Temple and tower -went...O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " ht-re was, or is, " where all is doubly night? The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,... | |
| 1819 - 884 pages
...saw her glories star <by star expire, And up the steep barbarian monarchs ride, Where the car clim'b the capitol: far and wide Temple and tower went down,...say „here was, or is" where all is doubly night? The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hadi wrapt and wrap All round us,... | |
| Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...glories star by star expire And up the steep barbarian monarchs ride, Where the car climb'd the capital; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left...the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, .tin! say, tJiere , was or is" where all is doubly night? * The double night of ages, and of her, Night's... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1821 - 444 pages
...her glories star by star expire, . . And np the steep barbarian monarchs ride, Where the car climbed the capitol ; far and wide Temple and tower went down,...say, ' here was, or is,' where all is doubly night ? Alas ! the lofty city I and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs ! and the day When Brutus made the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...the steep barbarian mooarchs ride, Where the car climb'd the capitol ; far and wide Temple and tor.er went down, nor left a site : — Chaos of ruins !...lunar light, And say, « here was, or is, » where al) is doubly night ? LXXXI. The double uight of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hath... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...star hy star expire, And up the steep harharian monareh's ride, Where the ear climh'd the eapitol ; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left...ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments east a lunar light, And say, "here was, or is," where all is douhly night ? LXXXL The douhle night... | |
| Poets, English - 1825 - 454 pages
...saw her glories star by star expire, And up the steep barbarian monarchs ride, Where the car climb'd the Capitol : far and wide Temple and tower went down,...say, ' here was, or is, where all is doubly night?' " He next reverts to the great ruling spirits in his own country, between whom and the Caesars and... | |
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