There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin'd battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp,... The Quarterly Review - Page 3721871Full view - About this book
| 1818 - 762 pages
...he hath leant Manand, but broke hut scythe, there isapower And magic in the ruined battlement, * or which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. 130. Oh Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the... | |
| 1818 - 806 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. 130. Oh Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 176 pages
...and where he hath leant His h; i ml, but broke his scythe , there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp , and wait till ages are its dower. cxxx. Oh Time ! the beautifier of the dead , Adorner of the ruin , comforter And only healer when the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 292 pages
...which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. cxxx. Oh Time ! the beautifier of the (lend , Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...feeliog, and where be hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. cxxx. Oh Time .' the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. cxxx. Oh time! the beautiSer of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter , And only healer when the... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe , there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, for which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. 50 1'ILGKIMAGIv 51 Oh Time ! the treautifier of the dead, Adorner of the rniii, comforter And only... | |
| Thomas Loraine McKenney - 1827 - 606 pages
...the ruins of Forts Putnam and Clinton, in com|xtny with my friend. "There is a magic in these ruins For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower." The way was melancholy. We talked over the recent inroads which death had made in his family, in the removal... | |
| Thomas Loraine McKenney - 1827 - 534 pages
...the ruins of Forts Putnam and Clinton, in company with my friend. "There ia a magic in these ruins For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower." The way was melancholy. We talked over the recent inroads which death had made in his family, in the removal... | |
| Selina Martin - 1828 - 418 pages
...and where he hath leant ; - His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement , For which the palace of the present hour...Must yield its pomp and wait till ages are its dower. A ruin — yet, what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half cities, have been reared ; Yet oft the... | |
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