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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. "
Observations on a Tour Through the Highlands and Part of the Western Isles ... - Page 122
by Thomas Garnett - 1811
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The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and ...

Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 pages
...DEATH. What does not fade ? The tower that long had The crash of thunder and the warring winds, [stood Shook by the slow but sure 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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The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and ...

Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...What does not fade ? The tower that long had The erash of thunder and the warring winds, [stood Sheok dest truth, and forcing her To seek a refuge from the tongue of strife In nooks And flinty pyramids, and walls uf brass, Deseend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Aehaia, Home, and...
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The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green: With Memoirs, and ..., Page 88

John Armstrong, John Dyer, George Gilfillan, Matthew Green - 1858 - 314 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...destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend: the Babylonian spires are sunk; 54 c Achaia, Rorne,...
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The Poetical Works of Armstrong, Dyer, and Green: With Memoirs, and ..., Page 88

John Armstrong, John Dyer, George Gilfillan, Matthew Green - 1858 - 314 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...slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful rums o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend: the Babylonian spires are sunk;...
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The pupil's manual of choice reading, arranged by T.B. Smith

Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...does not fade ? The tower that long had stood The crash of thunder, and the warring winds — Worn by the slow but sure destroyer, Time — Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. Even pyramids and walls of flint descend : The granite hills and rock-bound coasts decay. Time shakes...
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The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences

Edward Hitchcock - 1859 - 628 pages
...47l nature of all created things has ever been viewed by the sen•;mentalist with sad emotions. " 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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The religion of geology and its connected sciences. Author's copyr. ed ...

Edward Hitchcock - 1860 - 400 pages
...perishable nature of all created things has ever been viewed by the sentimentalist with sad emotions. " What does not fade ? The tower that long had stood...Shook by the slow but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs iu doubtful ruins o'er its ba$e; And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Descend ; the Babylonian spires...
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Literary Class Book; Or, Readings in English Literature: To which is ...

Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 pages
...virtue cheaply saved with loss of life. 88. What does not fade? The tower that long had stood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer time, Xow hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass. Descend : the...
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Things to be Remembered in Daily Life ...

John Timbs - 1863 - 280 pages
...Armstrong, the friend of Thomson, has left this solemn apostrophe on the Wrecks and Mutations 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 ; Achaia, Rome, and...
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Triumphs of the Bible: With the Testimony of Science to Its Truth

Henry Tullidge - 1863 - 454 pages
...law of change reaches even to the firmament, and the unwearied circuits of the planets have an end. " 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 ; Auhaia, Rome, and...
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