| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...— A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. LXXIX. The Niobe of nations! there she stands,(1) Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An...urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; (2) The very sepulchres He tenantless... | |
| 1839 - 536 pages
...Italy, the queen of Europe, the conqueress of the world. — The ' lone mother of dead empires,' " The Niobe of nations ! There she stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe !" Time has been, that her senators were princes of the earth ; that pleading nations came to receive... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...— Л world is at our feet as fragile as oar clay. LXXIX. The Niobe of nations! there she stands,(l) Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd bands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; (2) The very... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1839 - 1050 pages
...Italy, the queen of Europe, the conqueress of the world. — The ' lone mother of dead empires,' " The Niobe of nations ! There she stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe !" Time has been, that her senators were princes of the earth ; that pleading nations came to receive... | |
| 1839 - 542 pages
...Italy, the queen of Europe, the conqueress of the world. — The ' lone mother of dead empires,' " The Niobe of nations ! There she stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe !" Time has been, that her senators were princes of the earth ; that -pleading nations came to receive... | |
| Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - 276 pages
...and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands Childless and crownless, in her voiceless wo — * * * * * * The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood, and Fire, Have dealt upon the seven-hilled... | |
| 1839 - 536 pages
...the queen of Europe, the conqueress of the world. — The ' lone mother of dead empires,' " The Niohe of nations ! There she stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe !" Time has been, that her senators were princes of the earth ; that pleading nations came to receive... | |
| Diary - 1840 - 616 pages
...transient gleam from the light of other days—a memory of the past— a dream of former triumphs. D2 ' The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe!' She silently appeals to every heart for sympathy, and awakens a chord of deep and tender feeling in... | |
| sir Henry Delmé (fict.name.) - 1841 - 524 pages
...still—still—still were all these! still as death! CHAPTER IV. ROME. " Woe uuto us, not her; for she sleeps well." " The Niobe of nations'. there she stands, Childless...hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago. The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers; dost... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1841 - 474 pages
...Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobc of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless,...hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their hero'ic dwellers... | |
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