 O'er the globe they fling Their monstrous shadows ; and, while yet we speak, Phantom-like, vanish with a dreadful scream ! What — but the last that styled themselves the Caesars?  Italy: A Poem - Page 67by Samuel Rogers - 1823 - 200 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Howard Brownell - World history - 1860 - 592 pages
...light and glory, a dominion Which has endured the longest among men. Through many an age in the mid sea she dwelt, From her retreat calmly contemplating The...o'er the globe they fling Their monstrous shadows j and while yet we speak, Phantom-like vanish with a dreadful scream ! What — but the last that styled... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1860 - 480 pages
...last glimpse of civilized life — to where Light shone again, and with the blaze of noon. Through many an age in the mid-sea she dwelt, From her retreat...the mighty. What are these, Clothed in their purple 1 O'er the globe they fling Their monstrous shadows ; and, while yet we speak, Phantom-like, vanish... | |
 | Henry Howard Brownell - World history - 1862 - 584 pages
...light and glory, a dominion Which has endured the longest among men. Through many an age in the mid sea she dwelt, From her retreat calmly contemplating The...Their monstrous shadows ; and while yet we speak, Phnntom-like vanish with a dreadful scream ! What — but the last that styled themselves the Ciesars,... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1869 - 548 pages
...the last glimpse of civilized life—to where Light shone again, and with the blaze of noon. Through many an age in the mid-sea she dwelt, From her retreat...speak, Phantom-like, vanish with a dreadful scream ! What—but the last that styled themselves the Caesars r And who in long array (look where they come;... | |
 | Joseph Cross - Italy - 1882 - 402 pages
...the remotest extremities went forth the never-failing vital stream. " For many an age in the mid sea she dwelt, From her retreat calmly contemplating The changes of the earth, herself unchanged." Sheltered on the north by the Alps, and open to the soft warm winds of the south and the genial breezes... | |
 | Samuel Rogers - 1891 - 888 pages
...where Light shone again, and with the blaze of noon. Through many an age in the mid-sea she dwelt, Prom her retreat calmly contemplating The changes of the...Clothed in their purple ? O'er the globe they fling Q Their monstrous shadows ; and, while yet we speak. Phantom-like, vanish with a dreadful scream !... | |
 | Alexander Robertson - Sermons, English - 1907 - 478 pages
...most peaceful, the most prosperous, and the longestlived Republic the world has ever seen. " Through many an age in the mid-sea she dwelt, From her retreat...contemplating The changes of the Earth, herself unchanged. A scene of light and glory, a dominion That has endured the longest among men." Such being the case,... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1866 - 786 pages
...the last tmcc of civilized life — to where Light shone agnin, and with unclouded splendour. Though many an age in the midsea she dwelt, From her retreat...changes of the earth, herself unchanged. Before her pass'd, as in an awful dream, The mightiest of the mighty. What arc these, Clothed in their purple... | |
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