 Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won. Bear witness, Greece, thy living page, Attest it many a deathless age ! While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept...  The works of lord Byron - Page 226by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 pages
...While Kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have 'left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell and sad to trace Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | Seven wonders - 1854 - 384 pages
...kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Have swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument...points thy Muse to stranger's eye The graves of those who cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom 5 laud ! There points thy muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid ; Thy heroes, though the general doom Have swept the column from their tomb, A mightier monument command — The mountains of their native laud ! There points thy Muse to stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'T were long to... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 410 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | John Frost - 1855 - 462 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb A mightier monument...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...left a nameless pyramid ; Thy heroes, though the general doom6 Hath swept the column from their tomh, A mightier monument command — The mountains of their...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...monument command, The mountains of their native land ! (1) The transition here to another variation of fie same theme, hy a change of key, as it were, is... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid ; Thy heroes (though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb) A mightier...stranger's eye The graves of those that cannot die ! 'Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace ; Enough — no foreign... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1858 - 516 pages
...While kings, in dusty darkness hid, Have left a nameless pyramid, Thy heroes, though the general doom Hath swept the column from their tomb, A mightier...muse, to stranger's eye, The graves of those that can not die I 'T were long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendor to disgrace. Enough,... | |
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