 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1816 - 60 pages
...skies. 3. Like lava rolled thy stream of blood, And swept down empires with its flood; Earth rocked beneath thee to her- base, As thou did'st lighten' through all space ; And the shoni Sun grew dim in air, And set while thou wert dwelling there. 4. For Freedom's hand had blended... | |
 | English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...the skies. Like lava rolled thy stream of blood, And swept down empires with its flood ; Earth rocked beneath thee to her base, As thou didst lighten through...all space ; And the shorn sun grew dim in air, And jet while thou wert dwelling there. Before thee rose, and with thee grew, A rainbow of the loveliest... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 404 pages
...skies. 3. Like lava rolled thy stream of blood, And swept down empires with its flood ; Earth rocked beneath thee to her base, As thou didst lighten through...shorn Sun grew dim in air, And set while thou wert dwelliug there.. Before thee rose, and with thee grew, A rainbow of the loveliest hue Of three bright... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...eyes Like a Volcano of thr skic* Like lava roll'd thy stream of blood, And swept down empires with iU flood; Earth rock'd beneath thee to her base, As thou didst lighten through all apace; And the shorn Sun grew dim in air. And set while thou wert dwelling there. Before thee rose,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1828 - 406 pages
...and honour here ; And thy light broke on human eyes, Like a Volcano of the skies. 3. Like lava roll'd thy stream of blood, % And swept down empires with...the shorn Sun grew dim in air, And set while thou wcrt dwelling there. T 3 4. Before thee rose, and with thee grew, A rainbow of the loveliest hue Of... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...raise its pale head ! The faded bed never shall bloàsom again. The violet will bloom in its stead. Earth rock'd beneath thee to her base, As thou didst lighten through all space ; As thou scatterest Ihy leaf to the wind, And the shorn Sun grew dim in air, And yield, as thou fad'st,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - Danish literature - 1832 - 706 pages
...And thy light broke on human eyes Like a Volcano of the skies. Like lava roll'd thy stream of hlood, And swept down empires with its flood; Earth rock'd...space; And the shorn Sun grew dim in air, And set while thon wert dwelling there. Before thee rose, and with thee grew, A rainbow of the loveliest hue Of three... | |
 | John Wilson - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1866 - 532 pages
...the skies. Like lava roll'd thy etream of flood, And swept down empires with ite blood; Earth rocked beneath thee to her base, As thou didst lighten through all space ; Aud the shorn sun grew dim in air, And set while thou wert dwelling there. Before thee rose, and... | |
 | John Wilson, James Hogg, John Gibson Lockhart - Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine - 1867 - 536 pages
...the skies. Like lava roll'd thy stream of flood, A ud swept down empires with its blood; Earth rocked beneath thee to her base, As thou didst lighten through all space ; And the shorn sun grew dim iu air, And eet while thou wert dwelling there. Before thee rose, and with thee grew, A Rainbow of... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...volcano of tile skies. Like lava roTl'd thy stream of blood, And jwrj.t down empires with its floor! ; Earth rock'd beneath thee to her base, As thou didst lighten through all space : i At Waterloo, one man was seen whose left arm vas shattered by a cannon ball, to wrench it off with... | |
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Eternity flash'd through thy blaze ; The music of thy martial sphere Was fame on high and honour here ; And thy light broke on human eyes, Like a volcano of the skies. Like lava roll'd thy stream of blood, And swept down empires with its flood ; Earth... 
