 There shrines and palaces and towers (Time-eaten towers that tremble not!) Resemble nothing that is ours. Around, by lifting winds forgot, Resignedly beneath the sky The melancholy waters lie. No rays from the holy Heaven come down On the long night-time...  The London Mercury - Page 1671927Full view - About this book
 | Periodicals - 1845 - 688 pages
...melancholy waters lie. No rays from the holy Heaven come down On the long night-time of that town ; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets...sculptured ivy and stone flowers — Up many and many a marvelous shrine Whose wreathéd friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine. Resignedly... | |
 | Periodicals - 1845 - 732 pages
...melancholy waters lie. No rays from the holy Heaven come down On the long night-time of that town ; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets...sculptured ivy and stone flowers — Up many and many a marvelous shrine Whose wreathed friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine. Resignedly beneath... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...melancholy waters lie. No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town ; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets silently — Gleams up the pinnacles far and freeUp domes — up spires — up kingly halls — Up fanes — up Babylon-like walls — Up shadowy,... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1853 - 188 pages
...melancholy waters lie. n. No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets...friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine. Kesignedly beneath the sky The melancholy waters lie. So blend the turrets and shadows there That all... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1853 - 522 pages
...melancholy waters lie. No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town ; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets...— up kingly halls — Up fanes — up Babylon-like wallsi— Up shadowy long-forgotten bowers Of sculptured ivy and stone flowers— Up many and many... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...melancholy walers lie. No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time nf that town ; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets...flowers — Up many and many a marvellous shrine Whose wreathfd friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine. Resignedly beneath the sky The melancholy... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - American poetry - 1858 - 332 pages
...melancholy waters lie. 'No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town ; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets...up spires — up kingly halls — Up fanes — up Babylon -like walls — Up shadowy long-forgotten bowers Of sculptured ivy and stone flowers — Up... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - American poetry - 1858 - 388 pages
...melaneholy waters lie. No rays from the holy heaven eome down < )n the long night-time of that town ; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets silently — Gleams up the pinnaeles far and free — Up domes — up spires — up kingly halls — up fanes — up Babylon-like... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 528 pages
...melancholy waters lie. No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town ; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets...Up domes — up spires — up kingly halls — Up fane* — up Babylon-like walls — Up shadowy long-forgotten bowers Of sculptured ivy and stone flowers... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1865 - 238 pages
...melancholy waters lie. II. No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town, But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets...flowers — Up many and many a marvellous shrine, Whose wreathod friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine. Resignedly beneath the sky The melancholy... | |
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