 | Abraham John Valpy - 1825
...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...sure destroyer time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er iis base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend. The Babylonian spires are-sunk ;• Achaia,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...fates of Troy relate ; And Homer live immortal as his song. What doesuotfade ? The tower that longhad stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds,...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... | |
 | John Cole - 1825 - 122 pages
...collectively an assemblage beautiful beyond conception. " What does not fade ? The tower, that long hath stood The crush of 'thunder and the warring winds,...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 ; Achaiai... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...; And Homer live immortal as his song. What does not fade ? The tower that long had stood The erush And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Deseend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Aehaia, Rome, and... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1825 - 544 pages
...alas! as Armstrong snys truly, beautifully and pathetically, What dues not fade ? The tower that lung had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the alow, l>nt sure destroyer time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er us base ; And flinty pyramids, and... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1827 - 398 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... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1829 - 266 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 walls of brass Descend ; the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome,... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...joys of modern time. With all our art and toil , improv'd to pain ! TENDENCY OF ALL THINGS TO DECAT. WHAT does not fade ? The tower that long had stood...destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. Ar.d flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...penetrate into Scotland or Ireland. Wrecks and Mutations of Time. What does not fade ? The tower that lorg should do him injury to compare him with the greatest...insipid ; his comic wit degenerating into clenches, And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Descend. The Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1830 - 352 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... | |
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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. 
