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 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 780 pages
...temples, ye Whose .iconics arc evils of a day! — Л world is at our fei'l as fragile as our clay. LXXIX. The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scattcr'd long ago; The Scipins' tomb... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1828 - 888 pages
...and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago , The Scipioa'... | |
 | J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - Elocution - 1828 - 314 pages
...and temples. Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Suipio's... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - Gift books - 1830 - 398 pages
...Imelda's attendants found her a corpse, embracing that of her beloved Bonifazio." ROME. THE PONTE SI8TO. The Niobe of nations! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands. Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago: The Scipios' tomb... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1831 - 290 pages
...there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; (41) The very sepulchres lie tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber ! through... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 488 pages
...temples, ye Whose agonies are evils of a day ! — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay, LXXIX. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Scipios'... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 488 pages
...temples, ye Whose agonies are evils of a day ! — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. LXXIX. The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scatter'd long ago ; The Scipios'... | |
 | Christianity - 1833 - 588 pages
...temples, ye Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet, as fragile as our clay. " The Niobe of nations ! There she stands, Childless...urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scatter.d long ago." This image is indescribably beautiful. The personification is so striking and... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - History - 1835 - 248 pages
...subjects, as are prominently indicative of the scenes and intellectual influences of Italy. ROME. " The Niobe of nations ! there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago." " Yet, this... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...there she stands,(1) Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe; An empty urn within her wither'd hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago; The Scipios' tomb contains no ashes now; (2) The very sepulchres He tenantless Of their heroic dwellers : dost thou flow, Old Tiber! through... | |
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