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 9de James Smith - 1860 - 414 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 páginas
...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...unfold : A heart has throbbed beneath that leathern hrenst, And tears adown that dusty cheek have rolled ; Have children climbed those knees, and kissed... | |
| 1876 - 732 páginas
...pyramids with fear and wonder, . "When the gigantic Memuon fell asunder ? If the tomb's secrets may not bo confessed, The nature of thy private life unfold :...has throbbed beneath that leathern breast, And tears adowu that dusty cheek have rolled ; Have children climbed those kneos, and kissed that face ? "What... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 páginas
...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 hath throbbed beneath that leathern breast, And tears adown that dusty cheek have rolled ; Have children... | |
| George Stillman Hillard, Homer Baxter Sprague - 1878 - 456 páginas
...private life unfold : — A heart has throbbed beneath that leathern breast, And tears adown that dusky cheek have rolled : — Have children climbed those knees, and kissed that face 1 What were thy name and station, age and race ? Statue of flesh, — immortal of the dead ! Imperishable... | |
| John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 páginas
...overthrew the Thebes. It uttered sounds at suncolossal ones of Egypt. rise by some priestly juggle. 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... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...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... | |
| Laurel - 1879 - 438 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 I Imperishable type of evanescence ! Posthumous man, who quitt'st thy narrow bed, And standest undecay'd... | |
| Joseph Angus - 1880 - 726 páginas
...world of spirits thou hast slumbered, What hast thou seen ? what strange adventures numbered ? . 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... | |
| Sara Keables Hunt - 1880 - 280 páginas
...world of spirits thou hast slumbered, What hast thou seen ? what strange adventures numbered? " 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... | |
| Frederick Larkin - 1880 - 308 páginas
...world of spirits them Inist slumbered, What hast thou seen, whiit strange adventures numlicred? If the tomb's secrets may not be confessed, The nature of...unfold; A heart has throbbed beneath that leathern hreust, And tears adown that dusky cheek have rolled. Have children climbed those knees and kissed... | |
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