 Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul : Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit,...  The works of ... lord Byron - Side 52av George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
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...which he gathers from the ruins — and appears to us to be written with great force and originality. ' Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, • Its...writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? ' p. 64. There is then a most furious and unmeasured invective OH Lord Elgin, for his spoliation... | |
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...he gathers from the ruins — and appears to us t« be written with great force and originality. ' Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers...writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? ' p. 6<t. There is then a most furious and unmeasured invective oa Lord Elgin, for his spoliation... | |
 | Anonymous - 1812 - 512 sider
...: Is that a temple where a God may dwell ? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shattered cell ! VI. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its...refit ? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest SOD ! " All that, we know is, nothing can be known." x 'Why should we shrink from what we cannot shun?... | |
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...heaps: Is that a temple where a God may dwell ? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shatter'd cell! " Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers...writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? " Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son ! ' All that we know is, nothing can be known." Why... | |
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...eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit, And Passion's host, that never brooked controul : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, . • People this lonely tower, thin tenement refit ?' p. 6*. . Next to argument, Lord Byron's delight is in daring and bold personification,... | |
 | 1813 - 486 sider
...lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of wisdom and of wit, And passion's host, that never brooked control: Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ— People this lonely tower, this tenement refit?" p. 64. Then, as a substitute for " feeble" orthodoxy, he .recommends to us tins, obviously in his own... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 322 sider
...that a temple where a God may dwell ? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shatter'd cell ! F2 V. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers...? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son 5 " All that we know is, nothing can be known." Why should we shrink from what we cannot shun ? Each... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1819 - 448 sider
...last disdains her shatter'd cell ! Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desoldte, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy...writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son ! " All that we know is, nothing can be known." Why should... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 498 sider
...: Is that a temple where a God may dwell ? Why even the worm at last disdains her shatter'd cell ! VI. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its...writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? vn. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son ! " All that we know is, nothing can be known." Why... | |
 | 1824 - 610 sider
...lack-lustre eyeless hole, The gay recess of wisdom and of wit, And passion's host, that never brooked control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement unfit V Childe HaroWe, Canto II. It is justly observed, that the minor pieces of poets, are often rich... | |
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