 | Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1839 - 580 pages
...sublime. " A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rcar'd ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd. Hath it indeed been plunder'd, or but clear 'd ? Alas ! developed, opens the decay, When... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1839 - 340 pages
...truly sublime. " A ruin — yet what ruin! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd. Hath it indeed been plunder'd, or but clear'd? Alas, developed, opens the decay, When the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1841 - 998 pages
...plunder'd, or but clear'«! ? Alas! developed, opens the decay. When the colossal fabric's form is near'd: ) at his back, The whipper-in and huntsman of the pack. Blest be the banquets spread at Ho Ml away. CXL1V. t Hut «lien the rising moon begins to climb Its topmast arch, and gently pauses there;... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pages
...galleries, where my steps seem echoes strangely loud. Walls, palaces, half.cities, have been rear'd ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd. Hath it indeed been plunder'd, or but clear'd ? Alas ! developed, opens the decay, When the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...CXLHI. A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd ; Tet appear'd. Hath it indeed been plunder'd, or but clear'd ? Alas ! developed, opens the decay, When the... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...strangely loud. A ruin — yet what ruin! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been reared ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass, And marvel...Which streams too much on all years, man, have reft away. But when the rising moon begins to climb Its topmost arch, and gently pauses there; When the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 1068 pages
...61. CXLI1I. A ruin — yet what ruin ! from ils mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass, And marvel where the spoil could have appearM Hath it indeed been plunder'd, or but clear'd Alas ! developed, opens the decay, When the colossal... | |
 | Mrs Robert Moore - 1846 - 336 pages
...* * . * " A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd." Lord Byron. Pilgrimage of Childe Harold. f Les Aliscamps or les Champs-Elysees of Aries,... | |
 | William Ingraham Kip - 1846 - 478 pages
...to excite the wonder of the world. " From its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass, And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd. Hath it indeed been plunder'd, or but clear'd 1" The wide arena is now covered with grass... | |
 | Alicia Moore, Wandering Artist - 1846 - 680 pages
...* * * * " A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appear'd." Lord Byron- Pilgrimage of Childe Harold. f Les Aliscamps or les Champs-Elysees of Arles,... | |
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It will not bear the brightness of the day, Which streams too much on all years, man, have reft away. 
