s great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones? Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile. Bentley's Miscellany - Pàgina 270editat per - 1848Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1877 - 798 pàgines
...Waterloo, there lay Nasone snug and jolly, while a more tremendous Titan than he who lies under Etna — " Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thrones ; Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones " — was convulsing Europe from Cadiz to Moscow, from Reggio to Hamburg. The reign... | |
| 1823 - 832 pàgines
...to the chariot of the chieftain's state? Yes ! where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires,...stakes were thrones ? Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result hi yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.... | |
| Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 pàgines
...the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes ! where is he, the Champion an.l the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild? Whose game was empires...stakes were thrones? Whose table, earth— whose dice were human bones? : Behold the grand: result in yon lone isle, „. And, as thy 'nature urges, weep... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823 - 52 pàgines
...state ? Yes ! where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? 50 Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones? Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Alfred Howard - 1824 - 226 pàgines
...spurn the dust o'er which they crawled of late, Chained to the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes ! where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that...stakes were thrones ? Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.... | |
| George Wentworth - 1824 - 378 pàgines
...the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes ! where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires...stakes were thrones ? Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 234 pàgines
...the chariot of the chieftain's state ? Yes ! where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild ? Whose game was empires and whose stakes were thrones? Whose table earth—whose dice were human bones ? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pàgines
...spurn the dust o'er which they crawl'd of late, Chain'd to the chariot of the chieftain's state? Yes ! where is he, the champion and the child » Of all...stakes were thrones? Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pàgines
...to the chariot of the chieftain's state? Yes! where is he, the Champion and the Child Of all that's great or little, wise or wild* Whose game was empires...stakes were thrones ? Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones? Behold the grand result in yon lone isle, And, as thy nature urges, weep or smile.... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pàgines
...spurn the dusi o'er which they crawl'd of late, Chain'd to the chariot of the chieftain s slate ! Yes! where is he, the champion and the child Of all that...wild ? Whose game was empires, and whose stakes were thron« Whose table, earth — whose dice were human bones ' Behold the grand result in yon loue isle,... | |
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