 | William Falconer - English poetry - 1764 - 154 pages
...port defcries A fnow-white lion, of enormous fize, Of antique marble ; hence the haven's name, 1 7$ Unknown to modern natives whence it came. " Next, in the gulf of Engia, Gorinth lies, Whofe gorgeous ftructures feem'd to ftrike the fkies: Whom, tho by tyrant-victors oft... | |
 | William Falconer - English poetry - 1764 - 148 pages
...port defcries A fnow-white lion, of enormous fize, Of antique marble ; hence the haven's name, 1 70 Unknown to modern natives, whence it came. • Next, in the gulf of Engia, Coritith lies, Whofe gorgeous ftructures feem'd to ftrike the ikies ; Whom, tho by tyrant-victors oft... | |
 | William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - Shipwrecks - 1804 - 292 pages
...Columns stand, with mantling weeds o'ergrown ; The wandering stranger near the Port descries A milk-white Lion of stupendous size, Of antique marble; hence...tyrant victors oft subdued, Greece, Egypt, Rome, with admiration viewed: Her name, for architecture long renowned, Spread like the foliage which her Pillars... | |
 | William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke - English poetry - 1806 - 294 pages
...Columns stand, with mantling weeds o'ergrown; The wandering Stranger near the Port descries A milk-white Lion of stupendous size, Of antique marble ; hence...Whose gorgeous fabrics seemed to strike the skies j Whom, though by tyrant victors oft subdued, Greece, Egypt, Rome, with admiration viewed : Her name,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 pages
...Somecolumns stand, with mantling weeds o'ergrown: The wand'ring stranger near the port descrié* A milk-white lion of stupendous size, Of antique marble ; hence...gulf of Engia, Corinth lies, Whose gorgeous fabrics seem'd to strike the skies ; Whom, though by tyrant victors oft subdn'd, Greece, Egypt, Rome, with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...Soraecolumns stand, with mantling wtvdso'ersTown: The wand'ring straneer near the port descries A milk-white lion of stupendous size, Of antique marble ; hence...modern natives whence it came. Next, in the gulf of Eng'm, Corinth lies, Whose gorgeous fabrics secm'd to strike the skies j Whom, though by tyrant victors... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 pages
...descrie» A milk-white lion of stupendous size, )f antique marble ; hence the haven's name, ..'nknown to modern natives whence it came. Next, in the gulf of Engia, Corinth lies, A'hose gorgeous fabrics seem'd to strike the skie»; vVhom, though by tyrant victors oft subdu'd, "¡recce,... | |
 | William Falconer - 1811 - 120 pages
...of stupendous size; Unknown the sculptor; marble is the frame; And hence th' adjacent haven drew its came.. Next, in the. gulf of Engia, Corinth lies, Whose gorgeous fabrics seem'd to strike the skies. "Whom, tho' by tyrant-victors oft snbdu'd, Greece, Egypt, Home, with awful... | |
 | Hugh William Williams - Greece - 1820 - 492 pages
...TOUM. " Corinth ! Whose gorgeous fabrics seem'd to strike the skies, Whom, though by tyrant-victors oft subdued, Greece, Egypt, Rome, with awful wonder viewed. Her name, for Pallas' heavenly art renown'd, Spread like the foliage which her pillars crown'd, But now in fatal desolation laid, Oblivion... | |
 | William Falconer - 1822 - 192 pages
...dwelt, the philosophic sage That fled Pisistratus' vindictive rage: Just Aristides here maintain'd the cause, Whose sacred precepts shine through Solon's...in the gulf of Engia, Corinth lies, Whose gorgeous fabries seem'd to strike the skies; Whom, though by tyrant victors oft subdued, Greece, Egypt, Rome... | |
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A milk-white lion of stupendous size, Of antique marble : hence the haven's name, Unknown to modern natives whence it came. Next, in the gulf of Engia, Corinth lies, Whose gorgeous fabrics seem'd to strike the skies ; Whom, though by tyrant victors oft... 
