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" Go thou to Rome, — at once the Paradise, The grave, the city, and the wilderness; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise, And flowering weeds and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till the Spirit of the spot... "
Byron - Page 152
by John Nichol - 1902 - 223 pages
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 4

Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 654 pages
...wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise, And flowering weeds and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till...upon a hoary brand ; And one keen pyramid with wedge sublime, Pavilioning the dust of him who planned This refuge for his memory, doth stand Like flame...
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The Fireside Encyclopaedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ...

Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...wilderness : And where it« wrecks like shatter'd mountains rise, And flowering weeds and fragrant copses 4X 4 4 gray walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand: And one keen...
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Harper's Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise, And flowering weeds, and fragrant copses, Y gray walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand; And one keen...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Text ..., Volume 2

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 478 pages
...wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise, And flowering weeds and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till...light of laughing flowers along the grass is spread. L. And grey walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand ; And...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume 3

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 474 pages
...wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise, And flowering weeds and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till...light of laughing flowers along the grass is spread. I.. And grey walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand ; And...
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Poetical Works, Volumes 2-4

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 770 pages
...wilderness ; Arid where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise, And flowering weeds, and fragrant copses dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till...light of laughing flowers along the grass is spread ; L. And gray walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand ; And...
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Picturesque Europe. 5 vols. [in 6].

Europe - 1881 - 374 pages
...Hath blazed with lights, and brayed with minstrelsy ; " and then, looking round, we Bee that its " Grey walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow fire upon a hoary brand." • The glass long gone and fallen away, the arches and the sashes of the nobly beautinil old windows...
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An Introduction to the Study of Poetry

Henry Bernard Cotterill - 1882 - 354 pages
...and was buried in that Cestian cemetery of which Shelley has given such a lovely picture :— ..." a slope of green access, Where, like an infant's smile,...upon a hoary brand, And one keen pyramid with wedge sublime, Pavilioning the dust of him who planned This refuge for his memory, doth stand, Like flame...
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Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...wilderness ; And where its wrecks like shattered mountains rise, And flowering weeds, and fragrant copses, dress The bones of Desolation's nakedness, Pass, till...of laughing flowers along the grass is spread. And gray walls moulder round, on which dull Time Feeds, like slow firo upon a hoary brand ; And one keen...
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Rambles in Rome: An Archæological and Historical Guide to the Museums ...

S. Russell Forbes - 1882 - 384 pages
...and surmounted by a cross. The view from the top is very fine. Close by is the PROTESTANT CEMETERY. " The spirit of the spot shall lead Thy footsteps to a slope of green access. " The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. " It might...
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