 Oh, Rome! my country! city of the soul! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our woes and sufferance ? Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod...  The Complete Poetical Works of Lord Byron - Page 66by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1055 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1877 - 454 pages
...self-abasement paved the way To villain-bonds and despot sway. ROME. O ROME ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — • A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1877 - 234 pages
...fare thee well — upon Soracte's ridge we part. Lxxvm 1 Oh Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye .' Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. txx1x The Niobe... | |
 | Newton Abbot College - 1877 - 568 pages
...charm of Rome which Byron so fully appreciated. " Oh Rome my country! City of the Soul! The orphan of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples. Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day— A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of Nations!... | |
 | English poetry - 1877 - 360 pages
...Felicia Hemaas. ROME. OROME I my country ! city of the sonl l The orphans of the heart must turn to thce, Lone mother of dead empires! and control In their...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, ye Whose agonies are evils of a day, — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 290 pages
...the soul 1 The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control lu their shut breasts their petty misery. What are our...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, ye Whose agonies are evils of a day, — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of nations... | |
 | Readers - 1878 - 446 pages
...caves! My Native Land—Good Night! "EoME AND HER IMITATORS." Oh Eome! my country! city of the soul! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother...misery. What are our -woes and sufferance ? Come and seo The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye! Whose... | |
 | Isaac Brandon - 1811 - 598 pages
...heart, Yet fare thee well— upon Sorack-'s ridge we part. Oh, Rome ! my country ! city of the soul I The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. LXXIX. The Niobe... | |
 | Joseph Angus - English literature - 1880 - 726 pages
...one red burial blent ! Chtide Harold's Pilgrimagt. Rome. Oh Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye I Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe of... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1880 - 494 pages
...which he flings around the rocks and valleys of the Alps : " Oh Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. * * * • * »... | |
 | Laura Valentine - 1880 - 634 pages
...dream those happy dreams again? LORD BYRON. 1788—1824. ROME. O ROME ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother...your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Whose agonies are evils of a day — [Ye ! A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay. The Niobe... | |
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