Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin... Recollections of a Busy Life - Page 476by Horace Greeley - 1868 - 624 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1852 - 892 pages
...BYRON'B Manfred, Act III., Scene IV. " Manfred Upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, -Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees...broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the start Shone through the rents of ruin." Mr. Keade consolidates these two passages. He says of Ji* Coliseum,... | |
| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 pages
...that in my youth, When I was wandering, — upon such a night I stood within the Colosseum's wall, 'Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome: The trees...bayed beyond the Tiber; and, More near, from out the Caesar's palace came The owl's long cry ; and, interruptedly, Of distant sentinels the fitful song... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...me, that in my youth, When I was wandering, — upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome : The trees...through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesar's palace came The owl's long cry, and, interruptedly,... | |
| John Murray (Firm), Octavian Blewitt - 1853 - 394 pages
...mo, that in my youth. When I was wandering, — upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees...midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of rain ; from afar The watchdog bay'd heyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Ca,sars' palace саше... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...wandering, upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, Midst the chief relics of all-mighty Rome : The trees which grew along the broken arches...through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog hay'd beyond the Tiber; and More near, from out the Cicsars' palace came The owl's long cry; and, interruptedly,... | |
| 1853 - 458 pages
...me, that in my youth, When I was wandering, — upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, 'Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Mraved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog... | |
| Henry Maney - 1854 - 354 pages
...as we stood, by night, and looking on the Coliseum, thought on these lines : I do remember me, thai in my youth. When I was wandering — upon such a...bayed beyond the Tiber, and More near, from out the Caesar's Palace came The owl's long cry, and interruptedly, Of distant sentinels the fitful song Began... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1854 - 320 pages
...me, that in my youth, When I was wandering — upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, 'Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees...through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Csesars' palace came The owl's long cry, and, interruptedly,... | |
| Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...upon such a night, I stood within the Coliseum's* wall, 'Midst the chief relics of all-mighty Borne : The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved...through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay'dt beyond the Tiber; and More near, from out the Caesar's palace came The owl's long cry, and,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 pages
...in my youth, Then I was wandering, — upon such a night I stood within the Coliseum's wall, Hidit the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which...broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the star Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay'd beyond the Tiber; and More near... | |
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