 Shone o'er the dark green deep that roll'd between; For domes, and pinnacles, and spires we're seen Peering above the sea, . . a mournful sight ! Well might the sad beholder ween from thence What works of wonder the devouring wave Had swallowed there,...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 4571810Full view - About this book
 | Dublin city, univ - 1871 - 366 pages
...Shone o'er the dark green deep that rolled between ; For domes, and pinnacles, and spires were seen Peering above the sea, — a mournful sight ! Well...devouring wave Had swallowed there, when monuments BO brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean,... | |
 | 1874 - 328 pages
...PUBLIC Li3:r-*HY Southey has described the ruined city of Bali in his " Curse of Kehama," xv. 8. " Well might the sad beholder ween from thence, What...swallowed there, when monuments so brave, Bore record to their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean, here and there a rock... | |
 | J. Duguid - 1874 - 320 pages
...ruined city of Bali in his " Curse of Kehama," xv. 8. " Well might the sad beholder ween from thenee, What works of wonder the devouring wave Had swallowed there, when monuments so brave, Bore record to their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean, here and there a rock... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 274 pages
...passed, When now the ancient towers appeared at last. For domes and pinnacles and spires were seen Peering above the sea, a mournful sight ! Well might...their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the ancient temples stood, Ones resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude... | |
 | George Smith - 1878 - 266 pages
...Shone o'er the dark green deep that roll'd between, For domes, and pinnacles, and spires were seen Peering above the sea — a mournful sight ! Well...their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the ancient temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude;... | |
 | George Smith - 1878 - 702 pages
...between, For domes, and pinnacles, and spires were seen Peering above the sea — a mournful sight 1 Well might the sad beholder ween from thence What...their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the ancient temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude;... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Edward Backhouse Eastwick - 1879 - 514 pages
...Boar's Temple," from the representation of Vishnu in the Boar Incarnation with the head of a boar. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of Ocean, here and there a rook-cut fane Besisted, in its strength, the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1880 - 616 pages
...light, Shone o'er the dark-green deep that rolled between ; For domes and pinnacles and spires were seen Peering above the sea, — a mournful sight! Well...rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of... | |
 | William Urwick - 1881 - 244 pages
...rolled between, Her domes and pinnacles and spires were seen Peering above the sea, a mournful sight. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean, here and there a rock-cut fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain."... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1884 - 586 pages
...light, Shone o'er the dark-green deep that rolled between ; For domes and pinnacles and spires were seen Peering above the sea, — a mournful sight ! Well...the surf and surge That on their deep foundations boat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn... | |
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