 | England - 1822 - 932 pages
...Eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant-kings ; The fronts of some, though Time hadshattei'd them, Still glowing with the richest hues of art, As though the wealth within them had run o'er. Thither I came, in the great passage. boat, From Padua, where the stars are, night by night, Watch'd... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1822 - 178 pages
...her gates. The path lay o'er the sea, Invisible ; and from the land we went As to a floating City — steering in, And gliding up her streets as in a dream,...™ As though the wealth within them had run o'er. • Thither I came, in the great passage-boat, From Padua, where the stars are, night by night, Watched... | |
 | Scotland - 1822 - 880 pages
...Eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant-kings ; The fronts of some, though Time liadshatter'd them, Still glowing with the richest hues of art. As though the wealth within them had rail o'er. Thither I came, in the great passageboat, From Padua, where the stars are, night by night,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Italy - 1823 - 218 pages
...pile in more than Eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant-kings; The fronts of some, tho' Time had shattered them, Still glowing with the richest...art, As though the wealth within them had run o'er. Thither I came, in the great passage-boat, From PADUA, where the stars are, night by night, Watched... | |
 | Great Britain - 1830 - 484 pages
...Eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant kings; The fronts of some, though Time had shatter'd them, Still glowing with the richest hues of art, As though the wealth within them had run o'er." But away from this amphibious beauty, over the Apennines, and down upon the vale of Arno, where Florence... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...the residence of mcrch.int-kinj;*; The fronts of some, though Time had shatter' d them. Slill Blowing with the richest hues of art, (?.('>) As though the wealth within them had run o'er. Thither I came, and in a wondrous Ark, (That, long before we slipt our cable, rang As with ihe voices... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...azure sky ; By many a pile in more than eastern splendour, Of old the residence of merchant- kings ; The fronts of some, though time had shattered them,...art, As though the wealth within them had run o'er. THOMAS CAMPBELL. THE Gertrude of Wyoming, the Pleasures of Hope, the songs, and the odes of Campbell... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - Bridges - 1830 - 318 pages
...pile in more than Eastern pride, Of old the residence of merchant-kings ; The fronts of some, tho' Time had shattered them, Still glowing with the richest hues of art, As tho' the wealth within them had run o'er. Thither I came, and in a wondrous Ark, (That, long before... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 432 pages
...stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky : By manj- a pile in more than eastern splendor, Of old the residence of merchant-kings; The fronts...art, As though the wealth within them had run o'er. 22 THE LION, BEAR AND FOX. A FABLE. A LION and a Bear meeting with the carcass of a Fawn in the forest,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Almanacs - 1834 - 440 pages
...azure sky ; By many a pile in more than eastern splendor, Of old the residence of merchant-kings i The fronts of some, though time had shattered them,...art, As though the wealth within them had run o'er. 22 THE LION, BEAR AND FOX. A. FABLE. A LION and a Bear meeting with the carcass of a Fawn in the forest,... | |
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Invisible; and from the land we went, As to a floating City — steering in, And gliding up her streets as in a dream, So smoothly, silently — by many a dome, Mosque-like, and many a stately portico, The statues ranged along an azure sky; By many a... 
