 Where the car climb'd the Capitol ; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: — Chaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night ? LXXXI.  The North American Review - Seite 3441825Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1104 Seiten
...the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, « here was, or is," where all U doubly night ; LXXXI. The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Home is as the desert, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections ; now we clap Our hands, and cry... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1854 - 1126 Seiten
...the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, "here was, or is," where all is doubly night ? LXXXI. The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on lier ample lap ; But Rome is as the desert, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections ; now we clap... | |
 | Salem Town - 1857 - 524 Seiten
...O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night ? 4. The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...err : The ocean hath his chart, the stars their map. •Ni'o-be, the daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphioo, who, in common with Zethus, governed Thebes.... | |
 | Mary Jane Windle - 1857 - 338 Seiten
...world. .Man has another day to swell the past, And lead him near to little but his last." BYRON'S LARA. "The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wraps All round us ; we but feel our way to err !" (.'iiii.in: HAROLD'S FILOBIUAUE. THE adventure of... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 Seiten
...O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night ? The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...round us ; we but feel our way to err. The ocean hath its chart, the stars their map, And knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desert,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 362 Seiten
...O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night ? The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter,...round us ; we but feel our way to err : The ocean hath its chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is as the desert,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 364 Seiten
...O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, "here was, or is," where all is doubly night f The double night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter, Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap All round us ; we hut feel our way to err : The ocean hath its chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 Seiten
...here was, or is," where all is doubly night ? LXXXL The double night of ages, and of her, Xiirht's daughter. Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap All round us ; we but feel our way to err : The ooean hath its chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them on her ample lap ; But Rome is... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1860 - 252 Seiten
...fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is douhly night ? LXXXI. The douhle night of ages, and of her, Night's daughter. Ignorance, hath wrapt and wrap All round us ; we hut feel our way to err : The ocean hath his chart, the stars their map, And Knowledge spreads them... | |
 | Eduard Mätzner - 1860 - 522 Seiten
...thy call obey (ROGERS). The mark where wrong Aim'd with her poison'd arrows (L. BYRON). The ocean has his chart, the stars their map, And knowledge spreads them on her ample lap (ID.). Hope . . Does what she can (LONGFELLOW). Pardon, clad like a mother, gave you her hand to kiss... | |
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