 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
 | John Murray, John Murray (Firm) - 1894 - 650 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 are heavy breakers about 1 m. or so out, where there is a reef of rocks. At about 300... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 676 pages
...between ; For domes, and pinnacles, and spires were seen Peering above the sea, — a mournful sight I Well might the sad beholder ween from thence What...surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in In solitude the ancient temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...Shone o'er the dark green deep that volled 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;... | |
 | John Murray - 1898 - 672 pages
...rolled between ; H^r 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 are heavy breakers about 1 m. or so out, where there is a reef of rocks. At about 300... | |
 | C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1903 - 446 pages
...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." The temples of Southern India are much superior to those of the north, at least in the matter of magnitude.... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...Shone o'er tho dark green deep that roll'd between, For domes, and pinnacles, and spires were seen Peering above the sea, . . a mournful sight ! Well...thence What works of wonder the devouring wave Had swallow'd there, when monuments so bravo Bore record of their old magnificence. And on tho sandy shore,... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1909 - 808 pages
...and pinnacles, and spires were seen Peering above the sea, . . a mournful sight ! Well might the sod beholder ween from thence What works of wonder the devouring wave Had swallow'd there, when monuments so bravo Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore,... | |
 | Josiah Waters Coombes - 1914 - 172 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...thence What works of wonder the devouring wave Had swallow'd there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore,... | |
 | N. S. Ramaswami - 1971 - 224 pages
...light 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 might...What works of wonder the devouring wave Had swallowed here, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside... | |
 | Robert Southey - 720 pages
...light, 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...thence What works of wonder the devouring wave Had swallow'd there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore,... | |
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