All ye as a wind shall go by, as a fire shall ye pass and be past; Ye are Gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the waves be upon you at last. In the darkness of time, in the deeps of the years, in the changes of things, Ye shall sleep as a slain man sleeps,... Asiatic Studies, Religious and Social - Page 74by Sir Alfred C. Lyall - 1882 - 306 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1906 - 594 pages
...go by, as a fire shall ye pass ahd be past ; Ye are gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the wavesrig upon you at last. In the darkness of time, in the deeps of the years, in tVi changes of things, Ye shall sleep as a slain man sleeps, and the world shall forget you for kings.'... | |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne - Atalanta (Greek mythology) - 1866 - 370 pages
...wind shall go by, as a fire shall ye pass and be past ; Ye are Gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the waves be upon you at last. In the darkness of...as a slain man sleeps, and the world shall forget you for kings. Though the feet of thine high priests tread where thy lords and our forefathers trod,... | |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1867 - 422 pages
...a wind shall go by, as a fire shall ye pass and be past; Ye are gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the waves be upon you at last. In the darkness of...as a slain man sleeps, and the world shall forget you for kings. Though the feet of thine high-priests tread where thy lords and our forefathers trod,... | |
| Hudson Tuttle - Free thought - 1872 - 184 pages
...order of the world. XII. THE ULTIMATE OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS. " Ye are gods, and behold ye shall die, and the waves be upon you at last; In the darkness of...years, in the changes of things, Ye shall sleep as slain men sleep, and the world shall forget you for kings." THE progress of thought is in cycles, and... | |
| Hudson Tuttle - Belief and doubt - 1878 - 154 pages
...the world. CHAPTEK XII. THE ULTIMATE OF RELIGIOUS IDEAS. " Ye are gods, and behold, ye shall die. and the waves be upon you at last. In the darkness of time. In the deeps of the years. In the chances of things. Ye shall sleep as slain men sleep, and the world shall forget you for kings." THE... | |
| Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - Colonial administrators - 1879 - 388 pages
...pass and be past ; Ye are gods, and behold, ye shall die — and the waves be upon you at last. In toe darkness of time, in the deeps of the years, in the...as a slain man sleeps, and the world shall forget you as kings.' " There are other reasons which render this article valuable and typical. Mr. Lyall... | |
| James Hingston - Australia - 1880 - 572 pages
...gone by, as a fire are ye gone and are past; Ye were gods, and behold ye are dead, and the earth is upon you at last ; In the darkness of time, in the deeps of the years, in the changes of things, Ye now sleep as a slain man sleeps, and the world has forgot you as kings." It is as well, perhaps, that... | |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne - 1883 - 392 pages
...wind shall go by, as a fire shall ye pass and be past ; Ye are Gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the waves be upon you at last. In the darkness of...as a slain man sleeps, and the world shall forget you for kings. Though the feet of thine high priests tread where thy lords and our forefathers trod,... | |
| Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1883 - 524 pages
...wind shall go by, so a fire shall ye pass and be past ; Ye are gods, and behold, ye shall die — and the waves be upon you at last. In the darkness of...as a slain man sleeps, and the world shall forget you as kings" (p. 73). So much must suffice by way of specimen of this very thoughtful volume. It will... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...Ъу, as a fire shall ye pass and bo past; Yc are gods, and behold, ye shall die, and the wave» bo upon you at last. In the darkness of time, in the deeps of the years, in the changes of things, Yc shall sleep as a slain man sleeps, and the world shall forget you f«r kings. 70 Though the feet... | |
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