 Where the car climb'd the Capitol ; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: — Chaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night ? LXXXI.  The North American Review - Page 3441825Full view - About this book
 | 1818 - 638 pages
...O'er tin- dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is, " where all is doubly night ? The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap. All round us ; we but ftel our way to err : The ocean hath his chart, the stars their map, Anil Knowledge spreads them on... | |
 | 1818 - 762 pages
...the dim fragment* cast a lunar light. And tay, ' here was, or is,' where all is doubly night ? 81. The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap gel, from which our correspondent supposes that Lord Byron has borrowed not a little of the spirit,... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1818 - 862 pages
...thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy waves, and mantle her distress ! The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...round us ; we but feel our way to err : The Ocean has his chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the... | |
 | DAVID WILLISON - 1818 - 572 pages
...O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " ht-re was, or is, " where all is doubly night? The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...and wrap All round us ; we but feel our way to err : And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desart, where we steer Stumbling... | |
 | Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...confession of laziness during hie yonfh does not sufficiently atone. Of these we select the following: " The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap All round us;" Stanza Ixsxi. " And thon, who never yet of human wrong Lost the unbalanced scale, great Nemesis Stanza... | |
 | 1818 - 502 pages
...waves, and mantle her distress ! The double night of ages, and of her. Night's daughter. Ignorance, hith wrapt and wrap* All round us ; we but feel our way to err : The Ocean has his chart, the stars their map. And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, ' here was, or is,' where all is doubly night ? 81. The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap gel, from which our correspondent supposes that Lord Byron has borrowed not a little of the spirit,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 466 pages
...dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, '.' here, was or is," where all as doubly night? LXXXI. The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap 5 But Rome is as the desert, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections; now we clap Our hands , and... | |
 | 1819 - 884 pages
...where all is doubly night? The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hadi wrapt and wrap All round us, we but feel our way to...Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap; But Rome is as die desart where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections; now we clap Our hands, and cry, „Eureka!"... | |
 | Friedrich Johann Jacobsen - 1820 - 796 pages
..., was or is" where all is doubly night? * The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter i Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap All round us; we but...we steer Stumbling o'er recollections; now we clap Ouf Jiands , and cry „Eureka!'* it is clear — fflien but some false mirage of ruin rises near.... | |
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