 | England - 1818 - 762 pages
...elder day, I iee a monument in every stone. All round us ; we but feel our way to err : The ocean hath his chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap; But Rome is as the desart, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollectinns ; now we clap Our bands, and... | |
 | 1818 - 502 pages
...her. Night's daughter. Ignorance, hith wrapt and wrap* All round us ; we but feel our way to err : The Ocean has his chart, the stars their map. And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desart, where weitfeer Stumbling o'er recollections • . . We quote Lord Byron's... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1818 - 862 pages
...her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap * All round us ; we but feel our way to err : The Ocean has his chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desart, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections - - - We quote Lord Byron's... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...elder day, I see a monument in cverv stone. All round us ; we but feel our way to err : The ocean ham his chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desart, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections ; now we clap Our hands, and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and 'wrap All round us ; we but feel our way to err : The ocean hath his chart , the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap 5 But Rome is as the desert, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections; now we clap Our hands , and... | |
 | 1819 - 884 pages
...Night's daughter, Ignorance, hadi wrapt and wrap All round us, we but feel our way to err: The ocean hath his chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap; But Rome is as die desart where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections; now we clap Our hands, and cry,... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - English poetry - 1820 - 796 pages
...daughter i Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap All round us; we but feel our way to err: The ocean hath his chart, the stars, their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap; But Rome is as the desert, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections; now we clap Ouf Jiands , and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 478 pages
...daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap All round us ; we but feel our way to err : The Ocean hath his chart, the stars their map, And knowledge spreads them on her ample lap; But Rome is as the desart, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections ; now we clap Our hands, and... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...Night's daughter, Ignoranee, hath wrapt and All round us ; we hut feel our way to err : The ocean hath his chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desert, where we steer Stumhling o'er recollections ; now we clap VOL. i.— o... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1825 - 504 pages
...daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap* All round us ; we but feel our way to err ; The ocean hath his chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desert, where we steer, Stumbling o'er recollections ; now we clap Our hands,... | |
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But Rome is as the desert, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections: now we clap Our hands, and cry, " Eureka ! it is clear — " When but some false mirage of ruin rises near. 
