The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their... The Schoolmate - Σελίδα 244επεξεργασία από - 1854Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Joseph Cross (D.D.) - 1860 - 466 σελίδες
...due form : ' The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy...no ashes now : The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy... | |
| Henry Reed - 1860 - 322 σελίδες
...her hundred isles !" He beheld the Eternal City, the " Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe, An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago." He gazed upon the marble of the world-renowned Apollo : — "The lord of the unerring bow, The god... | |
| Henry Reed - 1860 - 312 σελίδες
...her hundred isles V He beheld the Eternal City, the " Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe, An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago." He gazed upon the marble of the world-renowned Apollo:— " The lord of the unerring bow, The god of... | |
| James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1861 - 418 σελίδες
...RECOLLECTIONS OF ROME. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy...no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow. Old Tiber, through a marble wilderness ? Else with thy yellow... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 σελίδες
...crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness? Rise, with thy yellow... | |
| 1861 - 636 σελίδες
...alabaster, which glitter in perpetual polish through the galleries of Roman and Florentine palaces. " The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers." Sir Thomas Browne, in his quaintly rich " Urn Burial," works out this affluent... | |
| 1862 - 812 σελίδες
...she stands, . Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe, An empty urn within her withered hand«, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago : The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now, The тегу sepulchres lie tenaniless Of their heroic dwellers : dost tbou flow Old Tiber! through a marble... | |
| William Russell - 1861 - 448 σελίδες
...our clay. " The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy...no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : — dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with... | |
| 1863 - 326 σελίδες
...COMPARED TO NIOBE. THE Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy...no ashes now : The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers ; dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise with thy... | |
| 1863 - 448 σελίδες
...there she stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe, An empty urn within her withered handa, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago : The Scipios'...tomb contains no ashes now, The very sepulchres lie tenanlless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness ? Rise... | |
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