 twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still...  Blackwood's Magazine - Pàgina 1481825Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | George Gilfillan - 1851 - 316 pàgines
...under the groves of golden Italy, and, in quaint dialogue, or fine pantomine, conversing with the past. The " dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule our spirits from their urns," appear at his spell, and range themselves around him. Pericles, the Jupiter of Athens, stands with... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1851 - 780 pàgines
...till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns ! A SHIPWRECK. The other boats, the yawl and pinnace, had Been stove in the beginning of the gale;... | |
 | Charlotte Anne Eaton - 1852 - 488 pàgines
...not, till the place Became religious, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urna I" LOBD BYBON. Whilst our hearts were touched with feelings such as these, a bell from a distant... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 pàgines
...till the place Became religion; and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns." — 4. — Prose Example of the preceding Emotions. [Rffltctiom on Weitminster Abbey.] Irving. "The... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1853 - 434 pàgines
...kingdoms. The true monarchs of a country are those whose sway is over thought and emotion. They are " The dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns." America abounds in the material of poetry. Its history, its scenery, the structure of its social life,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pàgines
...till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns ! A SHIPWRECK. The other boats, the yawl and pinnace, had Been stove in the beginning of the gale ;... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 1016 pàgines
...both. " The place became religious, and the heart run o'er With silent worship of the great of old; The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns." • Few of the Italians lead a domestic life ; their fine climate permits them to pass almost all the... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pàgines
...not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. BYRON. LIBERTY. OH, Liberty ! thou goddess heavenly bright, Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1856 - 288 pàgines
...the ages of the world. Their hearts, like Manfred's, teem " With silent worship of the great of old ! The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns." One of the most voluminous writers and prolific thinkers of antiquity, was Cicero. In almost every... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1856 - 384 pàgines
...BOOKS are an essential element of our social economy. The best minds of every age are trained by Those dead but sceptred sovereigns who still rule Our spirits from their urns. From books they receive most ot their culture; and by them are disciplined in youth, stimulated in... | |
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