Cambyses, Marched armies o'er thy tomb with thundering tread — O'erthrew Osiris, Orus, Apis, Isis; And shook the pyramids with fear and wonder, When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder? If the tomb's secrets may not be confessed, The nature of thy private... Rejected Addresses: And Other Poems - Página 11de James Smith - 1860 - 414 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1821 - 658 páginas
...breast, And tears adown that dusty cheek have roll'd : — Have children climb'd those knees, and kiss'd that face What was thy name and station, age and race...Immortal of the dead ! Imperishable type of evanescence 1 Posthumous man, who quit's! thy narrow bed, And standest undecayed within our presence, Thou wilt... | |
| 1821 - 656 páginas
...breast, And tears adown that dusty cheek have roll'd : — Have children climb'd those knees, and kiss'd that face ? What was thy name and station, age and...Immortal of the dead ! Imperishable type of evanescence I Posthumous man, who quit'st thy narrow bed, And staudest undecayed within our presence, Thou wilt... | |
| 1822 - 396 páginas
...Apie, bis, And shook the Pyramids with fear and wonder, When the gigantic Meninon fell asunder? If the tomb's secrets may not be confessed, The nature of thy private life unfold: A heart has throbb'd beneath that leathern breast, And tears adown that dusty cheek have roll'd : Have children... | |
| 1823 - 400 páginas
...Apis, Isis, And shook the Pyramids with fear and wonder, When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder? If the tomb's secrets may not be confessed, The nature of...beneath that leathern breast, And tears adown that dusky cheek have rolled : Have children climbed those knees, and kissed that face? What was thy name... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 páginas
...and wonder, When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder ? • * Leaton 42.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. 107 If the tomb's secrets may not be confessed, The nature of thy private life unfold : — A heart has throbb'd beneath that leathern breast, And tears adown that dusky cheek have rolled : — Have children... | |
| Walter Scott - 1824 - 938 páginas
...check have roll'd : — Have children cfimb'd those knees, and kiss'd that face ? What was thy qpbe and station, age and race ? Statue of flesh, — immortal of the dead ! Imperishable type of evanescence I Posthumous man, who quits thy narrow bed, And standest undecayed within our pirsonct, Thou wilt hear... | |
| Cabinet - 1824 - 440 páginas
...Apis, Isis, And shook the Pyramids with fear and wonder, When the gigantic Memnon fell asunder ? If the tomb's secrets may not be confessed, The nature of thy private life unfold :— . A heart has throbb'd beneath that leathern breast, And tears down that dusky cheek have rolled : — Have children... | |
| William Oxberry - 1824 - 384 páginas
...breast, And tears adown that dusky cheek have roll'd :-— Have children climb'd those knees and kiss'd that face ? What was thy name and station, age and race ? Statue of flesh—immortal of the dead! Imperishable type of evanescence ! Posthumous man, who quitt'st thy narrow... | |
| Horace Smith - 1825 - 372 páginas
...And tears adown that dusty cheek have roll'd :••— Have children climb'd those knees, and kiss'd that face ? What was thy name and station, age and race ? Statue of flesh—Immortal of the dead ! Imperishable type of evanescence ! Posthumous man, who quitt'st thy... | |
| 1826 - 434 páginas
...breast, And tears adown that dusty cheek have roll'd:— Have children climb'd those knees, and kiss'd that face ? What was thy name and station, age and race ? Statue of flesh!—Immortal of the dead! Imperishable type of evanescence! Posthumous man, who quit'st thy narrow... | |
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