 The tower that long had stood the crush of thunder and the warring winds, shook by the slow but sure destroyer time, now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; and flinty pyramids and walls of brass descend: — the Babylonian spires are sunk; Achaia,...  The Doctor's window - Page 1781897 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 346 pages
...the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base, And flinty pyramid?, and walls of brass Descend ; the Babylonian spires...sunk, Achaia, Rome and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes tile stable tyranny of throne.% And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity... | |
 | 1843 - 350 pages
...warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruin o'er its base : And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend : the...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old : And all those worlds that roll... | |
 | 1844 - 778 pages
...warring winds, Shook by the sure but slow destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruin o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids and walls of brass Descend. The Babylonian...the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires sink with theirown weight." It is a voice from heaven that tells us that all flesh is grass, and that... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...spires arc sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Hgypt moulder down. Time »hakes the stable tyranny of throne», a b X ; i he sun himself shall die, and ancient night Afjam involve the desolate abyss, Ы1 the great Father,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base, And which he laboured to form his own character in eloquence, in policy, in et ; Achala, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time «hakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 468 pages
...winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the...sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time snakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1848 - 452 pages
...winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the...sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time snakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the...stable tyranny of thrones ; And tottering empires crush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old ; And all those worlds that roll... | |
 | Edward Hitchcock - 1851 - 418 pages
...base; And flinty pyramids and nails of brass Descend; the Babylonian spires are sunk; Ach:ii;i. Home, and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones; And tottering empires rusti by their own weight This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And all those worlds that roll around... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base, And ; Achala, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires... | |
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