 The fields are ravish'd from th' industrious swains, From men their cities, and from gods their fanes ; The levell'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er ; The hollow winds through naked temples roar : Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps...  The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical ... - Page 157de John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1805Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Bell - 1796 - 524 pages
...their fanes: The level I'd towns with weeds liecoTer'd o'er; The hollow winds thro' naked temples roar; Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; 70 The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires. And savage howlings fill the sacred quires. Aw'd by his... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1890 - 562 pages
...winds through naked temples roar; Hound broken columns clasping ivy twined; O'er heaps of ruin stalked the stately hind; The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires, And savage howlings fill the sacred choirs. Awed by his nobles, by his commons curst, The oppressor ruled tyrannic... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1804 - 230 pages
...fanes ; The levell'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er ; The hollow winds thro' naked temples roar ; Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; 70 The fox obscene to gapir.g iombs retires, And savage bowlings fill the sacred choirs. Aw'd by... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...through naked temples roar ; Round broken columns clasping ivy twined ; O'er heaps of ruins stalked the stately hind ; The fox obscene to gaping tombs...retires, And savage bowlings fill the sacred quires. These verses were first imitated by MACPIIERSOV, in his Elegy en the Death of Marshal Keith. Wild ivy... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 pages
...carp* in scales bedropp'd with gold. On the fifth syllable, or in the middle of the third foot: as, Round broken columns" clasping ivy twin'd, O'er heaps of ruin" stalk'd the stately hind. On the sPxth syllable, or at the end of the third foot: as, Oh say what stranger cause" yet unexplor'di... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 416 pages
...describes the demolition of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror, is well imagined ; particularly, Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps...retires, And savage bowlings fill the sacred quires.* Though I cannot forbear thinking, that the following picture of the ruins of Godstow Nunnery, drawn,... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...describes the demolition of the thirty villages by William the Conqueror, Js_ well imagined ; particularly, Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps...The fox obscene to gaping tombs retires, And savage howlings fill the sacred quires.* Though I cannot forbear thinking, that the following picture of the... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 422 pages
...by William the Conqueror, is well imagined ; particularly, Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'dj O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The...retires, And savage bowlings fill the sacred quires.* Though I cannot forbear thinking, that the following picture of the ruins of Godstow Nunnery, drawn,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...The levell'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er ; The hollow winds throngh naked temples roar ; Hound broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of...obscene to gaping tombs retires, And savage bowlings nil the sacred quires. Aw'd by his nobles, by his commons curst, The' oppressor rul'd tyrannic where... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...The levell'd towns with weeds lie cover'd o'er; The hollow winds through naked temples roar ; Kound broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of...retires, And savage bowlings fill the sacred quires. Aw'd by his nobles, by his commons curst, The' oppressor rul'd tyrannic where he durst, Stretch'd o'er... | |
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