 We have above ground seen some strange mutations: The Roman empire has begun and ended — New worlds have risen- — we have lost old nations; And countless kings have into dust been humbled, While not a fragment of thy flesh has crumbled.  The Edinburgh Annual Register - Page 428edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Jordan Unwin - 1862 - 300 pages
...have above-ground seen some strange mutations; The Roman empire has begun and ended, New worlds have risen — we have lost old nations ; And countless...pother o'er thy head, When the great Persian conqueror, Cambyses, March'd armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread, Overthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis, And... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1863 - 530 pages
...have, above ground, seen some strange mutations ; The Eoman empire has begun and ended; New worlds have risen — we have lost old nations, And countless...humbled, While not a fragment of thy flesh has crumbled. 8 Didst thou not hear the pother o'er thy head When the great Persian conqueror, Cambyses, * Pompey's... | |
 | Frederick Young - 1863 - 258 pages
...above ground seen some strange mutations : The Roman empire prostrate lies and ended ; New worlds have risen, we have lost old nations, And countless kings have into dust been humbled, While not a line of thy sealed fate has crumbled." There is something almost mocking in the contrast between the... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...have above ground seen some strange mutations ; The Roman empire has begun and ended ; New worlds have risen — we have lost old nations. And countless...pother o'er thy head When the great Persian conqueror, Cambyses, March'd armies o'er thy tomb with thund'ring tread, O'erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis, And... | |
 | Edward Lord Clark - 1864 - 378 pages
...have above-ground seen some strange mutations : The Roman empire has begun and ended ; New worlds have risen, we have lost old nations, And countless kings...humbled, While not a fragment of thy flesh has crumbled." Fortunately the common tombs were not concealed. Climb the hill behind Medeenet Ha'boo, pause long... | |
 | Great Britain. Committee on Education - 1864 - 200 pages
...have risen — we have lost whole nations, And countless kings have into dust been humbled, Whilst not a fragment of thy flesh has crumbled. Didst thou not hear the pother o'er thine head, When the great Persian conqueror, Camby'ses, March'd armies o'er thy tomb with thundering... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...begun and ended, — New worlds have risen, — we have lost old nations ; 542 DESCRIPTIVE POEMS. 543 s the gully deep or the roaring flood ? Right over he bounds, as the wild stag Cambyses, Marched armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread, — O'erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...ground, seen some strange mutations ; The Roman empire has begun and ended, New worlds have risen — wo ! O b4. Whilst not a fragment of thy flesh has crumbled. Didst thou not hear the pother o'er thy head, When... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1874 - 346 pages
...grouud, seen some strange mutations; The Koman empire has begun and ended,— New worlds have risen,—we have lost old nations, And countless kings have into...pother o'er thy head, When the great Persian conqueror, Camby'ses, Marched armies o'er thy tomb, with thundering tread,— O'erthrew O-si'ris, O'rus, A'pis,... | |
 | Amusing poetry - 1874 - 332 pages
...mutations ; The Roman empire has begun and ended, New worlds have risen, we have lost old nations, Aud countless kings have into dust been humbled, While...pother o'er thy head, When the great Persian conqueror, Cambyses, March'd armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread, O'erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis, And... | |
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