 There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin'd battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp,...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 94by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Richard Henry Spencer - 1914 - 250 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement; For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp and wait till ages are its dower." Miss Catherine L. Johnstone, in her Historical Families of Dumfriesshire, 1889, says: "In 1459, Andrew... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - English poetry - 1915 - 952 pages
...scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin'd battlement, For which the palace of the present hour nfc hat in all things needful to salvation it is clear, sufficient, and t the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart hath bled—... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 944 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. 1161 And here the buzz of eager nations ran, In murmured pity, or loud-roared applause, Asmanwasslaughteredbyhisfellowm... | |
 | George Benjamin Woods - England - 1916 - 1604 pages
...and where he hath leant 133 His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin'd led The Dying Gaul. It Is In the Museum of the Capitol. And through his side the last drops, 130 Oh Time! the beautiner of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - English poetry - 1919 - 572 pages
...hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power, And magic in the ruin'd battlement, 1160 -For which the palace of the present hour Must yield...comforter And only healer when the heart hath bled — li65 Time ! the corrector where our judgments err, The test of truth, love, — sole philosopher,... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 464 pages
...; and where he hath lent His hand, hut broke his seythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin' d battlement ; For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower." THE LITTLE GOATHERD OF THE APENNINES. ON n bright sunny morning, in that lovely land where the Creator... | |
 | George Roy Elliott, Norman Foerster - English poetry - 1923 - 864 pages
...feeling; and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. 1161 CXXXIX And here the buzz of eager nations ran. In murmured pity or loud-roared applause, As man... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...feeling; and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. cxxxix And here the buzz of eager nations ran, In murmured pity, or loud-roared applause, As man was... | |
 | Edwin Markham - American poetry - 1927 - 402 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. And here the buzz of eager nations ran, In murmured pity, or loud-roared applause, As man was slaughtered... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - Local history - 1927 - 422 pages
...feeling, and where he hath lent, His hand, but broke his scythe, there is power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower." — Byron. The yesterdays of old New Hampshire are golden in the wealth of glory, achievement and sterling... | |
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