 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...virtue cheaply saved with loss of life. 88. What does not fade? The tower that long Lad 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,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 762 pages
...the next age, brought so prominently before the notice of the world. [ Wrecti and Mutationi of Time.] 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 ; Achala, Rome, and... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1851 - 418 pages
...nature of all created things has ever been viewed by the sentimentalist with sad emotions. " What docs not fade? The tower that long had stood The crush of thunder, and the warrinz winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Isow hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base;... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 pages
...wondering man could want the larger pile, Exults, and owns his cottage with a smile. Goldsmith jFir. 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... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 442 pages
...from Armstrong's Art of Preserving Health. 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 sank; Achaia, Rome, and... | |
 | Edmund Getty - 1854 - 168 pages
...THE BOUND TOWERS OF TJLSTEE. DRUM BO, COUNTY OP DOWN. VThat does not fade ? The tower that long has stood The crush of thunder, and the warring winds,...Time, Now hangs In doubtful ruins o'er its base.— Aktntid:. HE remains of the Round Tower of Drumbo — DRUIMBO, Collum lows, " ox-hill"— consisting... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1854 - 550 pages
...nature of all created things has ever been viewed by the sentimentalist with sad emotions. " What docs not fade ? The tower that long had stood The crush of thunder, and the warring winds, Shook hy the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 610 pages
...earries off his prize. Blair's Gram. What does not fade ? the tower, that long had stood The erush 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, Deseend ; the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Aehaia, Rome, and... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...not fade ? the tower, that long had stood The erush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by Ilu- slow, but sure destroyer, time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base, And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Deseend ; the Babylonian spires are sunk; Aehaia, 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. 
