 Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped...  The Torch - Page 85Full view - About this book
 | Adam White - 1851 - 20 pages
...trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert ; — near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of...sculptor well those passions read, Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal... | |
 | 1854 - 542 pages
...trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on tb^se lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - Seven Wonders of the World - 1854 - 332 pages
..."Two vast and uunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, A shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mark'd them, and the heart that fed : And on the pedestal... | |
 | Seven wonders - Architecture, Ancient - 1854 - 384 pages
...Two vast and sunkless legs of stone Stand in the deaert. Near them on the sand A shatter' d visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things The hand that mark'd them, and the heart that fed : And on the pedestal... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1855 - 770 pages
...trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of...those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal these... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1855 - 766 pages
...trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of...those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless thing.-., The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal these... | |
 | John Collett (poet.) - 1860 - 220 pages
...trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half-sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of...those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal these... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold...sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal... | |
 | English poetry - 1890 - 366 pages
...and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold...command Tell that its sculptor well those passions rend Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that... | |
 | Leigh Hunt, Samuel Adams Lee - Sonnets, American - 1867 - 372 pages
...trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of...those passions read Which yet survive (stamped on these lifeless things) The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed ; And on the pedestal these... | |
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