 By what deep memory or what subtler mean Was it, that at the moment of this sight, The actual past — the statue and the scene, Stood out before him in historic light ? He knew the glorious image by its name — Venus ! the Goddess of unholy fame.  Poems, Legendary and Historical - Page 35by Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1844 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...this sight, The actual past — the statue and the scene, -Stood out before him in historic light ? He knew the glorious image by its name — Venus !...bliss and bloom Of her who stood in desolation there, Unwoo'd by love and unrevered by prayer. Beauty without an eye to gaze on it, Passion without a breast... | |
 | Scotland - 1839 - 894 pages
...and the scene, Stood out before him in historic light ? He knew the glorious image by its nameVenus ! the Goddess of unholy fame. He heard the tread of...bliss and bloom Of her who stood in desolation there, Unwoo'd by love and unrevered by prayer. Beauty without an eye to gaze on it, Passion without a breast... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton), Richard Monckton Milnes Baron Houghton - 1840 - 200 pages
...and the scene, Stood out before him in historic light ? He knew the glorious image by its nameVenus ! the Goddess of unholy fame. He heard the tread of...bliss and bloom Of Her who stood in desolation there, Unwooed by love and unrevered by prayer. Beauty without an eye to gaze on it, Passion without a breast... | |
 | 1845 - 694 pages
...this sight, The actual past — the statue and the scene, Stood out before him in historic light ? He knew the glorious image by its name — Venus!...who stood in desolation there. Now lorn of love and imrevercd by prayer.' He wanders on, ' When turning round a thicket weariedly, A building of such mould... | |
 | English literature - 1865 - 610 pages
...scene, Stood out before him in historic light ? He knew the glorious Image by its name — Venus ! tho Goddess of unholy fame. He heard the tread of distant...doom : And thought how men and families and nations Hail trusted in the endless bliss and bloom Vol. 118.— No. 236. 2 F Of Of Her who stood in desolation... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (Baron Houghton) - 1876 - 342 pages
...this sight, The actual past — the statue and the scene, Stood out before him in historic light ? He knew the glorious image by its name — Venus !...in desolation there, Now lorn of love and unrevered prayer. Beauty without an eye to gaze on it, Passion without a breast to lean upon, Feelings unjust,... | |
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