 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 páginas
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this...Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | John Hunter (of Uxbridge.) - 1848 - 56 páginas
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust ? Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death ? Perhaps, in this...Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstacy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Kich with the spoils... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 páginas
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath T Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of Death'' Perhaps in this...Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils... | |
 | 1848 - 314 páginas
...laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre. But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 páginas
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath ? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of Death ? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 páginas
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or waked... | |
 | John Guillory - 1993 - 422 páginas
...other lives by allowing us to forget that their actual lives are foreshortened by poverty and not by death: Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some...Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. . . . (45-48) The conditions preventing such accomplishment must... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 páginas
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this...Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
 | 1996 - 160 páginas
...the grave. Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or wak'd...living lyre; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 páginas
...Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honor's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death? Perhaps in this...Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of... | |
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Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death? Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid... 
