 The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and...  Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country - Page 357edited by - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1839 - 376 pages
...the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples : Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay." These beautiful lines embody the sentiment with which every feeling mind must contemplate Rome. I experienced... | |
 | H. M. Melford - 1841 - 466 pages
...hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, ye! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. (Byron's Don Juan.) I. To DOUBT, 2. QUESTION. 1. S3e5nmfeln , in S^eifeí äicl;en; 2. bfjtretfcln,... | |
 | Joshua Horner - 1841 - 162 pages
...hear the owlf and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones 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 I there she stands, Childless and crownless, in the voiceless woe; An empty urn... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1842 - 866 pages
...hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. 1ЛМХ. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, * Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ;... | |
 | 1845 - 824 pages
...hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones 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 woe ; An empty urn... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones 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 woe; An empty urn... | |
 | Jacob K. Neff - 1845 - 642 pages
...hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones 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 woe, An empty urn... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones 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 woe; An empty urn... | |
 | 1845 - 818 pages
...hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones 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 woe ; An empty urn... | |
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