 Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress.  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 64by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now;4' The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic'dwellers: dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through a marble wilderness?...christian, time, war, flood, and fire, Have dealt upon the seven-hill'd city's pride; She saw her glories star by star expire, And up the steep barbarian monarchs... | |
 | North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1825 - 504 pages
...follows, images of desolated greatness are brought before us with powerful effect — The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie...thou flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? What, then, is the defect of this passage ? We answer, the unnatural and false sentiment, which is... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - Egypt - 1825 - 454 pages
...voiceless woe, An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago; The Scipio's tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers: ***** ***** Have dealt upon the seven-hill'd city's pride. She saw her glories, star by star, expire,... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - Egypt - 1825 - 454 pages
...woe, An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago; . The Scipio's tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers: Have dealt upon the seven hill'd city's pride. She saw her glories, star by star, expire, And up the... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 776 pages
...woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie...heroic dwellers : dost thou flow. Old Tiber! through a marble-wilderness? Kise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress ! The Goth, the Christian,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 848 pages
...voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thon flow, Old Tiber! through a marble- wilderness? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress!... | |
 | Willard Phillips - 1826 - 194 pages
...wo ; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers ; dost llinu flow, Old Tiber ! through a marble wilderness ? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distressis... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 880 pages
...no ashes now ; 4 ' The very sepulchres lio icnanllc&s Of their heroic dwellers: dost thou flow, CM Tiber! through a marble wilderness? Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her «listi i -o ! LXXX. The goth, (In- chrittian, lime, war, flood, and linllave dealt upon the seveu-hill'd... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 876 pages
...woe; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago , The Scipioa' tomb contains no ashes now; The very sepulchres lie...Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress. The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Floo.l, and Piie, Have dealt upon the seven-hilled city's pride... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Suipio's tomb contains no ashes now ; The very sepulchres lie...Rise, with thy yellow waves, and mantle her distress. The Goth, the Christian, Time, War, Flood, Have dealt upon the seven-hill'd city's pride ; She saw... | |
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