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... fane , His ravaged city traversing again . No sound of gladness his approach precedes , No splendid pageant the procession leads ; Where'er he moves the silent streets along , Broods a stern quiet o'er the sullen throng ; No voice is ...
... fane , His ravaged city traversing again . No sound of gladness his approach precedes , No splendid pageant the procession leads ; Where'er he moves the silent streets along , Broods a stern quiet o'er the sullen throng ; No voice is ...
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... youthful brow , Sought refuge in the hallow'd fane , Which then could shelter , not in vain . eptred city of the free ! ung Stephania waits the 7 * WIDOW OF CRESCENTIUS . 77 Where tombs and fallen fanes have strew'd ...
... youthful brow , Sought refuge in the hallow'd fane , Which then could shelter , not in vain . eptred city of the free ! ung Stephania waits the 7 * WIDOW OF CRESCENTIUS . 77 Where tombs and fallen fanes have strew'd ...
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... fane and tomb alike are low , Time hath not dimm'd thy sunbeam's glow ; And robed in that exulting ray , Thou seem'st to triumph o'er decay ; O yet , though by thy sorrows bent , In nature's pomp magnificent ! What marvel if , when all ...
... fane and tomb alike are low , Time hath not dimm'd thy sunbeam's glow ; And robed in that exulting ray , Thou seem'st to triumph o'er decay ; O yet , though by thy sorrows bent , In nature's pomp magnificent ! What marvel if , when all ...
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... fane and palace , dome and tower , Reveal'd the throngs , for aid divine Clinging to many a worshipp'd shrine ; Fierce , fitful radiance wildly shed O'er spear and sword with carnage red , Shone o'er the suppliant and the flying , And ...
... fane and palace , dome and tower , Reveal'd the throngs , for aid divine Clinging to many a worshipp'd shrine ; Fierce , fitful radiance wildly shed O'er spear and sword with carnage red , Shone o'er the suppliant and the flying , And ...
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... fane are laid , orphan's portion , and the widow's store ; recks his heart though age unsuccour'd die , ant consume the cheek of infancy ? intruders ! —hark ! a mighty sound ! old , a burst of light ! -away , away ! ful glory fills the ...
... fane are laid , orphan's portion , and the widow's store ; recks his heart though age unsuccour'd die , ant consume the cheek of infancy ? intruders ! —hark ! a mighty sound ! old , a burst of light ! -away , away ! ful glory fills the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Admetus Alaric Alcestis Athens Battle of Maclodio beam beauty blest bloom bower brave breast breath bright brow Caius calm Carmagnola Conradin dark dead death deep despair doom dread dream dwell e'en earth Emilianus fair fame fane fate fear fix'd fled flower foes gale gaze glorious glory glory's glow grace Granada grandeur grave Greece grief Hadrian Hamet hast hath heart heaven hope hour hush'd Italy light lofty lonely lords of war majesty midst mighty mingling Moorish mourn murmur ne'er NOTE o'er o'er thy pangs pass'd Phidias plains Plutarch proud race repose rocks Rome round rude ruin scene shade shore shrine sigh silent skies sleep slumber smile song soul Spain spirit splendour stern sublime sunbeams swell tears thee Theseus thine thou art thought throne tomb towers trace triumph vale Vale of Tempe vanish'd voice warrior wave weep wild
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Página 114 - At the hour of midnight the Salarian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the imperial city, which had subdued and civilized so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.
Página 96 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, "to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
Página 98 - That landscape ; and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Página 66 - In the neighbourhood of Cadiz, the town of Xeres has been illustrated by the encounter which determined the fate of the kingdom. The stream of the Guadalete, which falls into the bay, divided the two camps, and marked the advancing and retreating skirmishes of three successive and bloody days. On the fourth day the two armies joined a more serious and decisive issue...
Página 261 - To stain thy cherub soul and form, Closed is the soft ephemeral flower That never felt a storm ! The sunbeam's smile, the zephyr's breath, All that it knew from birth to death.
Página 106 - Cleopatra, at the same time, was making a collection of poisonous drugs, and being desirous to know which was least painful in the operation, she tried them on the capital convicts. Such poisons as were quick in their operation she found to be attended with violent pain and convulsions ; such as were milder, were slow in their effect...
Página 169 - Greece ! thou sapient nurse of finer arts ! Which to bright science blooming fancy bore ; Be this thy praise, that thou, and thou alone, In these hast led the way, in these excell'd, Crown'd with the laurel of assenting Time.
Página 212 - Mais la grâce est toujours unie à la magnificence dans les scènes de la nature ; tandis que le courant du milieu entraîne vers la mer les cadavres des pins et des chênes, on voit sur les deux courants latéraux remonter, le long des rivages, des îles flottantes de pistia * et de nénuphar, dont les roses jaunes s'élèvent comme de petits pavillons.
Página 107 - The royal sepulchre, adorned with the splendid spoils and trophies of Rome, was constructed in the vacant bed ; the waters were then restored to their natural channel ; and the secret spot, where the remains of Alaric had been deposited, was forever concealed by the inhuman massacre of the prisoners, who had been employed to execute the...
Página 66 - Tarik, and the retrenchments of his camp were the first outline of those fortifications, which, in the hands of our countrymen, have resisted the art and power of the House of Bourbon. The adjacent governors informed the court of Toledo of the descent and progress of the Arabs; and the defeat of his lieutenant, Edeco, who had been commanded to seize and bind the presumptuous strangers, first admonished Roderic of the magnitude of the danger.