| John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...his debt, Serve for their monument ! XIX. PJESTUM. THEY stand between the mountains and the sea ¡ nce oftentimes possess'd. O then how beautiful, hnw bright appear'd The buffalo driver, in his shaggy cloak, Points to the work of magic and moves on. Time was they stood... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1839 - 510 pages
...debt, Servo for their monument! (170) XIX. P^ESTUM. THEY stand between the mountains and the sea ; Awful memorials, but of whom we know not!' The seaman,...Temples of Gods! and on their ample steps What various habita, various tongues beset The brazen gales for prayer and sacrifice! Time was perhaps the third... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1840 - 280 pages
...him who on himself relies, Entering the lists of life. THEY stand between the mountains and the sea;* Awful memorials, but of whom we know not ! The seaman,...on. Time was they stood along the crowded street, * The temples of Paestum are three in number ; and have survived , nearly nine centuries, the total... | |
| 1842 - 1008 pages
...ANCIENT STRUCTURES IN CENTRAL AMERICA. 1; INTRODUCTION. Awftil memorials, but of whom we know not ! . . . Time was they stood along the crowded street, Temples of Gods! and on their ample stupn What various habits, various tongues, beset The mighty gates for prayer and sacrifice ! . . All... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...XIX. P.ESTUM. THET stand between the mountains sad the sea; Awful memorials, but of whom we know not!i The seaman, passing, gazes from the deck. The buffalo-driver, in his shaggy cloak. Points to th« work of magic and moves on. Time was they stood along the crowded street, Temples of Gods ! and... | |
| Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1844 - 364 pages
...himself relies, Entering the lists of life. P^ESTUM. THEY stand between the mountains and the sea ;* Awful memorials, but of whom we know not ! The seaman,...tongues beset The brazen gates for prayer and sacrifice I Time was perhaps the third was sought for Justice ; And here the accuser stood, and there the accused... | |
| Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...— the Lady of the Gleu ! Pentium. [From ' Italy.1] They stand between the mountains and the sea;-1 , her duh *. Temple» of gods, and on their ample steps What various habits, various tongues beset The brazen gates... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...— the Lady of the Cilen ! PiTattim. [Prom ' Italy.'] They stand between the mountains and the sea;3 Robert Chambers fclong the crowded street, Temples of gods, and on their ample steps \Vhat various habits, various... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...— thou art happier now !" MBS. NOETON. P.3SSTUM. THEY stand between the mountains and the sea ' ; Awful memorials, but of whom we know not ! The seaman,...sacrifice! Time was perhaps the third was sought for Justice2; And here the accuser stood, and there the accus'd ; And here the judges sate, and heard,... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...can be felt of a scene so strange and so mournful. " They stand between the mountains and the sea; Awful memorials — but of whom we know not ! The...tongues beset The brazen gates, for prayer and sacrifice ! " How many centuries did the sun go round From Mount Alburnus to the Tyrrhene sea, While, by some... | |
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