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" twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still... "
The Boston Lyceum - Page 276
1827
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The Intellectual repository for the New Church. (July/Sept. 1817 ..., Volume 27

New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...die for nothing. When mere conquerors and man-slayers are forgotten, Boadicea will remain one of " The dead but sceptred sovereigns who still rule Our spirits from their urns." 1 The period in English history richest of all in martial feminine characters is that in which they...
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Manfred,: A Dramatic Poem, Volume 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1817 - 98 pages
...— But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth...sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. — "Pis strange that I recall it at this time ; But I have found our thoughts take wildest flight...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, Volume 1

1817 - 694 pages
...thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light. Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation, and...still rule Our spirits from their urns. 'Twas such anight! Tu strange that I recall it at this time ; But I have found our thoughts take wildest flight....
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 1

1817 - 708 pages
...centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still Was so, And making that which was not, tilltheplace Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent...rule Our spirits from their urns. 'Twas such a night t "Tis strange that I recall it at this time ; But I have found our thoughts take wildest flight, Even...
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The British review and London critical journal

1817 - 522 pages
...till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent wotship of the great of old I—- The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.—" (P. 68, 69.) We trust we have done justice to this little poem, which, as a drama, or as a whole, we...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 17

1825 - 806 pages
...to exert a mighty influence over the mind of all future time. He is, and he always will be, one of " The dead, but sceptred Sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. " Yet he died at seven-and-thirty ; and who shall say — nay, who can believe, that the genius of...
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Lo Spettatore [ed. by D. Bertolotti]., Volume 9

Davide Bertolotti - 1817 - 734 pages
...tender light, Which softened down the hoar austerity Of rugged desolation , and ßlC-d up , As'twere , anew , the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful...dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirils from their urns. — tnísfatti e di aífetti, e non ha sopra di mro altro vantaggio che quel...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 9

1821 - 818 pages
...nothing!" Lord Byron did not so think, and so feel, when he stood within the Coliseum's wall : — " 'Till the place Became Religion, and the heart ran...Sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns." Afanfrcd. But to return to Pope. — The question no longer is, as Johnson tells us it once was, "...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 9

1821 - 618 pages
...nothing!" Lord Byron did not so think, and so feel, when he stood within the Coliseum's wall : — " 'Till the place Became Religion, and the heart ran...The dead, but sceptred, Sovereigns, who still rule Onr spirits from their urns." Manfred. But to return to Pope. — The question no longer is, as Johnson...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 2

1821 - 662 pages
...bosom of an American visitor, who gazes at it " Till the place Becomes religion, and the heart runs o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! —...but sceptred sovereigns who still rule Our spirits ftom their urns !" It was under the influence of similar feelings that I entered for the first time...
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