 | 1817 - 522 pages
...roots with the imperial hearths, Ivy usurps the .laurel's place of growth ; — • But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection...earth in indistinct decay. — And thou didst shine, thoii rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which soften'd down the hoar austerity... | |
 | 1817 - 694 pages
...bloody circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinons perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustine halls. Grovel on earth in indistinct decay.— And...All this, and cast a wide and tender light. Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and fill'd up, As 'twere, anew, the gaps of... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1817 - 898 pages
...roots with the imperial hearths, — Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ; But the gladiators' bloody circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection...halls Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. — And thon didst shine, thon rolling moon, upon AH this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which softened... | |
 | Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1817 - 738 pages
...its roots with the imperial hearths, Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ;-*But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands, •"'•• A noble wreck in...perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan hall», Grovel on earth in indistinct deoayi— And thou didst shine, t ho u rolling- moon, upon All... | |
 | 1817 - 708 pages
...its roots with the imperial hearths, Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ; But the gladiators' bloody circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustine halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. — A nd thou didst shine, thou rolling moon... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pages
...twines its roots with the imperial hearths, Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth : THE PRETENDER. 379 But THE GLADIATOR'S bloody circus stands A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Ctesar^s chambers and the Augustan halls _ Grovel on earth in indistinct decay; And ihou didst shine,... | |
 | Davide Bertolotti - 1817 - 734 pages
...imperial hearths, Jvy usurps the laureïs place of growth. ; — But the gladiators' bloody Circus standsf A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Caesar's...All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation , and ßlC-d up , As'twere , anew , the gaps... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...A grove which springs through Icvell'd battlements, And twines its roots with the imperial hearths. Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth;— But the...stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection! While Cesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. — And thou didst shine,... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...grove which springs through levell'd battlements, And twines its roots with the imperial hearths — Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth : But the...Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay." There is great beauty in this description, but it is sadly marred by dislocated sentences, prosaic... | |
 | 1876 - 1204 pages
...growth ; But the gladiators' bloody circus stands A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Cesar's chambers and the Augustan halls Grovel on earth in...All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and filled up, As *t were anew, the gapa of... | |
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And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and fill'd up, As 'twere anew, the gaps of centuries... 
