 | E. K. Washington - 1860 - 708 pages
...portions of the Apennines, in sunlit snow. There, then, stood at last, the object of our wanderings — "The Niobe of nations — there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago." It seemed as if... | |
 | Joseph Cross (D.D.) - 1860 - 466 pages
...capital, have lain crumbling for many centuries. Turn towards the south, and let us begin in due form : ' The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios' tomb... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1903 - 872 pages
...cloak. Rome, thou hadst a name, he gave thee another : that name will cling to thee ; he called thee — The Niobe of nations — there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe.' It was the fate of Chateaubriand, apparently, to experience the ingratitude of kings. Neglected by... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1918 - 488 pages
...must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires !" Then, with swift change to metaphor, how thrilling ! "The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless in her voiceless woe; An empty urn -within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago." All the pages of... | |
 | Corrado Zacchetti - 1919 - 140 pages
...è qui, sotto i nostri piedi ! » E la desolazione di Roma è grande quanto quella di Venezia : « The Niobe of Nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ! » (1) Childe-Harold, C. IV. st. 78. « The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood, and Pire Have... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1919 - 572 pages
...temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. LXXIX. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; 70b An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago : The Scipios'... | |
 | James Keatinge - 1920 - 364 pages
...passed over the fair plains of Italy, the whole land is desolate and the Eternal City stands alone : The Niobe of Nations ! There she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe, and see the Church taming, civilising, and making Christians of these barbarians through the centuries,... | |
 | Joseph Albert Mosher - 1920 - 308 pages
...and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, ye! The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago : The Scipios' tomb... | |
 | 1921 - 612 pages
...refers here to line LXXIX of the fourth canto of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," where Byron says of Rome: The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe. In the poem "Am Birkenbaum" the author relates how he translated Byron's Mazeppa on a hunting trip:... | |
 | Andrew Webster Archibald - 1921 - 392 pages
...pagan Rome, we realize how correct is the characterization of the latter in the Byronic lines : ' ' The Niobe of nations, there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago." CHAPTER II ROUND... | |
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