Thebes's streets three thousand years ago, When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had .not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous. The Edinburgh Annual Register - Page 427edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
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...about — how strange a story ! — In Thebes's streets three thousand years ago 1 When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And Time had not begun to overthrow...above ground, Mummy ! Revisiting the glimpses of the Moon ; Not like thin ghosts or disembodied creatures, But with thy bones, and flesh, and limbs, and... | |
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...about — how strange a story ! — In Thebes's streets, three thousand years ago ! When the Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow...the very ruins are tremendous ! Speak ! — for thou lojig enough hast acted dummy, Thou hast a tongue,— come — let us hear its tune! Thou'rt standing... | |
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| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
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