 | 1883 - 804 pages
...Politeness is like an air-cushion ; there may be nothing in it, but it eases our jolts wonderfully. 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. . Armstrong. Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps... | |
 | Herbert (homely, pseud.) - 1883 - 106 pages
...Mary-in-the -Castle, we have an interesting cluster of ruins. " The tower that long had stood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow...Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base." end is St. Leonards — a beautiful new town which was commenced some forty years ago. The entrance... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 406 pages
...madness might it last, And close the soul with Heaven as with a seal. —Philip James Bailey. 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. To-Morrow : Seek not to know to-morrow's doom ; That... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pages
...clean before The besom of the thunder. WHITTIER. TIME. What does not fade? The tower that long had The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook...destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base, And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Descend. DR. JOHN ARMSTRONG ; Wrechs and Mutations of Time.... | |
 | 1897 - 318 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...but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o 'er its base. The flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ;... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 538 pages
...Armstrong at his best : THE MUTATIONS OF TIME. 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 pages
...of Henry VII. who had a week or two before fought at Bosworth field. Wrecks and Mutations of Time. ouse them from th And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Descend. The Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1902 - 862 pages
...of Henry VII. who had a week or two before fought at Hosworth field. Wrecks and Mutations of Time. as advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and become...prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, nuns o'er its base, And flinty pyramids and walls of bras-, Descend. The Babylonian spires are sunk... | |
 | Henry Pemberton - 1902 - 418 pages
...OF THE SCHOOLS BY CHARLEMAGNE — THE ARABIAN AND THE JEWISH PHILOSOPHY. " The tower that had long 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 Egypt... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1903 - 534 pages
...Armstrong at his best : THE MUTATIONS OF TIME. 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. 
