Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped... Education - Page 671925Full view - About this book
| David M. Main - 1880 - 506 pages
...trunkless legs of stone 1792—1822 Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed : And on the pedestal... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 476 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed : 2 And on the pedestal... | |
| David M. Main (ed) - 1881 - 496 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1881 - 770 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal... | |
| Sir Hall Caine - 1882 - 384 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal... | |
| Samuel Waddington - 1882 - 280 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal... | |
| Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 448 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal... | |
| Education Ministry of - 1882 - 300 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the Desert. Near them, on the sand, Half-sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command, Tell that the sculptor \vell those passions read Which still survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand... | |
| 1883 - 528 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal... | |
| Charles Witcomb - 1884 - 180 pages
...vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed And on the pedestal... | |
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