 | 1802 - 302 pages
...rigidity of the larger one, the progress of the human body, from infancy to old aje, is accounted for. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering...empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we trade grows old ; And all those worlds that roll around the sun, The Sun himself, shall die, and antient... | |
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 448 pages
...Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base : " And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass " Descend : The Babylonian spires are sunk , " Achaia, Rome, and Egypt..." Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, " And tott'ring empires rush by their own weight. " This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; " And, all those... | |
 | Ely Hargrove - 1809 - 454 pages
...And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass •" Descend : The Babylonian spires are sunk ; " Acliaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down.— '• Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, " And tott'ring empires rush by their own weight. " This huge rotundity we tiead grows old ; " And, all those... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 656 pages
...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, and Egypt...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; And all those worlds that roll... | |
 | Thomas Hinderwell - 1811 - 458 pages
...Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er it's base : And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend — the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread, grows old ; And all those worlds that roll... | |
 | 1818 - 400 pages
...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, and Egypt,...we tread grows old; The sun himself shall die, and antient night Again involve the desolate abyss. ARMSTRONG. The science of geology, independently of... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. " And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, " Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; " Achaia, Rome, and Egypt...stable tyranny of thrones, " And tottering empires crush by their own weight. " This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; " And all those worlds that roll... | |
 | 1820 - 390 pages
...Time, Now hangs in douhtful ruins o'er its hase, And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Dc-cend. The Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyraany of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight." The north front is most perfect,havingamassive... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 666 pages
...Time, Now hangs hi doubtful ruins o'er its base; And tlintv pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend: tue Babylonian spires are sunk; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt...own weight; This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And all those worlds that roll around the sun, The sun himself shall die, and ancient night Again jjnolve... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...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, and Egypt...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; And all those worlds that roll... | |
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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, and Egypt, moulder down. 
