Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by S. BlackburnG. Dennis, 1833 - 240 pages |
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... Thebes a hundred gates , as sung by Homer ? Perhaps thou wert a mason , and forbidden By oath to tell the secrets of thy trade- Then say , what secret melody was hidden In Memnon's statue , which at sun - rise play'd ? Perhaps thou wert ...
... Thebes a hundred gates , as sung by Homer ? Perhaps thou wert a mason , and forbidden By oath to tell the secrets of thy trade- Then say , what secret melody was hidden In Memnon's statue , which at sun - rise play'd ? Perhaps thou wert ...
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... Thebes , by Homer sung , And built by Apis ' and Osiris ' power . When the sun's infant eye more brightly blaz'd , I mark'd the labours of unwearied Time ; And saw , by patient centuries up - rais'd , Stupendous temples , obelisks ...
... Thebes , by Homer sung , And built by Apis ' and Osiris ' power . When the sun's infant eye more brightly blaz'd , I mark'd the labours of unwearied Time ; And saw , by patient centuries up - rais'd , Stupendous temples , obelisks ...
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... Thebes , -as I had mark'd its fame , - Till crumbling down , as ages roll'd away , Its site a lonely wilderness became ! The throngs that chok'd its hundred gates of yore ; Its fleets , its armies , were no longer seen : Its ...
... Thebes , -as I had mark'd its fame , - Till crumbling down , as ages roll'd away , Its site a lonely wilderness became ! The throngs that chok'd its hundred gates of yore ; Its fleets , its armies , were no longer seen : Its ...
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... Thebes , may be a wilderness , And Thames , like Nile , through silent ruins flow . Then haply may my travels be renew'd : — Some Transatlantic hand may break my rest , And bear me from Augusta's solitude , To some new seat of empire in ...
... Thebes , may be a wilderness , And Thames , like Nile , through silent ruins flow . Then haply may my travels be renew'd : — Some Transatlantic hand may break my rest , And bear me from Augusta's solitude , To some new seat of empire in ...
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