 | 1818 - 402 pages
...and by the operation of volcanic fires. What does not fade ? the tower, that long had stood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow...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,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...universal structure of nature ; and he rises from great to greater objects with a climax of sublimity. " What does not fade ? the tower that long had stood...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,... | |
 | J. Criswick - 1820 - 180 pages
...piece of gold lace with the wires, thinks the tumulus to have been that of a Druid. -.**; CORFE CASTLE. What does not fade ? The tower that long had stood...winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, TIME, Now bangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. ARMSTKCNC. THE remains of this surprising Castle stand a little... | |
 | 1820 - 384 pages
...undergone, it (till presents an angust and imposing aspect. " The tower that long hath stood The crack of thunder, and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in douhtful ruins o'er its hase, And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Dc-cend. The Babylonian spires... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 314 pages
...rigidity of the larger ones, the progress of the human, body from infaucy to eld age is accounted for. What does not fade ? the tower that long had stood...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... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 800 pages
...happily introduced very similar ideas : What does not fade? the tower that long had stood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow,...destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids, and nails of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rone,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 324 pages
...laws have changed, Nestor might now the fates of Troy relate ; And Homer live immortal as his song. What does not fade? The tower that long had stood...winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, 7 According to Dr. Darwin, the immediate cause of old ast" seems to reside in the inirritahility of... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...struggling to get loose, is going, Scarce now possess'd, so suddenly 'tis gone. Young's Night noughts, n. 4. What does not fade ? the tower that long had stood...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Troy relate; And Homer live immortal as his song. [stood What does not fade ? The tower that long had doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To...laborious days ; is. t the fair guerdon when we hope And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend: the Babylonian spires are sunk; Achaia, Rome, and... | |
 | 1825 - 542 pages
...father Paul has not been realized, for alas ! as Armstrong says truly, beautifully and pathetically, What does not fade? The tower that long had stood...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... | |
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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. 
