 twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still...  Southern Quarterly Review - Page 223edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
 | George Gilfillan - Authors, English - 1851 - 316 pages
...under the groves of golden Italy, and, in quaint dialogue, or fine pantomine, conversing with the past. The " dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule our spirits from their urns," appear at his spell, and range themselves around him. Pericles, the Jupiter of Athens, stands with... | |
 | John Lettsom Elliot - 1851 - 130 pages
...Latin author since I left Oxford. A'CUTE. More shame for you ! (aside). And yet, in the relics of " The dead, but sceptred, sovereigns, who still rule " Our spirits from their urns " — BOB. After Religion, Mr. A' Cute — always after Religion. A'CUTE. My dear Major, I stand rebuked:... | |
 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - Rome (City) - 1852 - 488 pages
...still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religious, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, The dead...sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urna I" LOBD BYBON. Whilst our hearts were touched with feelings such as these, a bell from a distant... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old — The dead,...sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns ! A SHIPWRECK. The other boats, the yawl and pinnace, had Been stove in the beginning of the gale ;... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - Elocution - 1853 - 580 pages
...still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion; and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! — The dead,...sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns." — 4. — Prose Example of the preceding Emotions. [Rffltctiom on Weitminster Abbey.] Irving. "The... | |
 | Readers - 1853 - 458 pages
...still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule 3ur spirits from their urns CV.— THE MOONLIGHT MARCH. I SEE them on their winding way, About their... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - American literature - 1853 - 434 pages
...kingdoms. The true monarchs of a country are those whose sway is over thought and emotion. They are " The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns." America abounds in the material of poetry. Its history, its scenery, the structure of its social life,... | |
 | Thomas Noon Talfourd - Europe - 1854 - 288 pages
...cannot acquiesce in its justice, when the place " becomes religion," and the heart runs o'er — ' ' With silent worship of the great of old, The dead but sceptred sovereigns that still rule Our spirits from their urns." With the actions of men who have been the lights and... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! The dead,...sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. BYRON. LIBERTY. OH, Liberty ! thou goddess heavenly bright, Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1856 - 430 pages
...still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, — The dead,...sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. 'Tvvas such a night ! 'Tis strange that I recall it at this time ; But I have found our thoughts take... | |
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