 Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul...  The Quarterly Review - Page 195publié par - 1812Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Monthly literary register - 1821 - 678 pages
...they repulsed? — but now Look on its broken arch,— its ruined wall, Its chambers denolatc — its portals foul, Yes— 'this was once ambition's airy...hall, The dome of thought — the palace of the soul ! The pleasure arising from the inspection of ruined palaces,eastles and monasteries is not so much... | |
 | 1813 - 996 pages
...broken arcb, its mined waD, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Ye?, this was once ambition's niry hall, The dome of thought, the palace of the soul. Behold through each lack lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of wisdom and of wit, And passion's host, that never brooked... | |
 | 1811 - 546 pages
...appears to us t« be written with great force and originality. ' Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,...writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? ' p. 6<t. There is then a most furious and unmeasured invective oa Lord Elgin, for his spoliation... | |
 | 1811 - 600 pages
...appears to us to be written with groat force and originality. ' Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,...lack-lustre, .eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Witj And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People... | |
 | Anonymous - 1812 - 512 pages
...dwell ? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shattered cell ! VI. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,...refit ? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest SOD ! " All that, we know is, nothing can be known." x 'Why should we shrink from what we cannot shun?... | |
 | 1812 - 528 pages
...dwell ? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shatter'd cell! " Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes,...writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? " Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son ! ' All that we know is, nothing can be known." Why... | |
 | 1812 - 666 pages
...cell ! ' Look on it« broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yea ! this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought,...Wisdom and of Wit, And Passion's host, that never brooked controul : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, . • People this lonely tower, thin... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1812 - 314 pages
...dwell ? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shatter'd cell ! 63 Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,...each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of W isdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brook'd control: Can all, saint, sage, or sophist... | |
 | 1813 - 486 pages
...following soliloquy on a skull might apologize for the last extract. '* Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes,...wisdom and of wit, And passion's host, that never brooked control: Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ— People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1815 - 322 pages
...? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shatter'd cell ! F2 V. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,...? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son 5 " All that we know is, nothing can be known." Why should we shrink from what we cannot shun ? Each... | |
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