 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 96by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Austin - Marriage - 1858 - 330 pages
...rifled altar, and pillaged sanctuary, — all were before them — wrecks, splendid and haughty yet: "To which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower." " This — this is the spot," exclaimed Miss Fairfort enthusiastically, " which I have long sought.... | |
 | Alfred Austin - Marriage - 1858 - 348 pages
...rifled altar, and pillaged sanctuary, — all were before them — wrecks, splendid and haughty yet: "To which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower." " This — this is the spot," exclaimed Miss Fairfort enthusiastically, " which I have long sought.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruin'd d Enough of tip Oder to have burst two peasants ;...lodging, or a grave, according as It may turn out w 1 the corrector where our judgments err, The test of truth, love, — sole philosopher, For all beside... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 372 pages
...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...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. Oh Time ! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart... | |
 | Virginia De Forrest - Anthologies - 1860 - 368 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. REBEKAH. 237 REBEKAH. THE character of Bebekah, the wife who was destined to console the filial grief... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...feeling; and where ho hath leant His hand, but broke bis 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. BYRON. What we have seen our sons shall see ; Remnants of things that have passed away, Fragments of... | |
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1861 - 418 pages
...feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, hut 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. CHIMIK HAROLD. IF the journey to the Cedars was wearying because of its ascent, that to Baalbec was... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Bible stories - 1861 - 550 pages
...; 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...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. — BTEON. 2. In the open space between the Esquiline and Palatine Hills are to be seen the ruins of... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...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...yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower. oxxx. O Time! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1861 - 582 pages
...times ; keeping the air from the" parts under treatment. You should put great faith in Time — . " Time, the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart hath hied — ' ^ Time ! the corrector where our judgments err, The test of truth, love— sole philosopher,... | |
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