 | 1802 - 302 pages
...What does not fade ? The tower that long had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, 533 Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome,... | |
 | James Storer - 1809 - 208 pages
...the ground. What does not fade ? The tower that long had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. ARMSTRONG. Above the gateway ¡sa spacious room, denominated the refectory, ascended by a winding... | |
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 454 pages
...towers. " What does not fade > The tower that long had stood, " The crush of thunder, aud the warring winds. " Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer— Time, " Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base: " And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass •" Descend : The Babylonian spires are sunk ; " Acliaia,... | |
 | James Storer - 1810 - 492 pages
...the ground. What does not fade Î The tower that long bad stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its hase. ARMSTRONG. Above the gateway is a spacious room, denominated the refectory, ascended by a winding stone... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...as his song. \Vhatdoes not fade? the tower that long bad stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk; Achaia, Rome,... | |
 | Thomas Garnett - 1811 - 402 pages
....",-? .. i. WHAT does not fade ? The tower that long had stood The crush of thunder, and the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base.* ON a small island, not far from the castle, called Fraoch Ettan, are likewise the ruins of an... | |
 | Thomas Hinderwell - 1811 - 458 pages
...conception. 97 " What does not fade? The tower, that long hath stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er it's base : And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend — the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia,... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1817 - 162 pages
...similar ideas. What does not fade ? the tower that long had stood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend ; tlie Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia,... | |
 | 1818 - 400 pages
...volcanic fires. What does not fade ? the tower, that long had stood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer, time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base; And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Descend; the Babylonian spires are sunk; Achaia, Rome,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...sublimity. " What does not fade ? the tower that long had stood " The crush of thunder and the warring winds, " Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, " Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. "' And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, " Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; " Achaia,... | |
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What does not fade ? The tower that long had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. 
