 | English literature - 1905 - 642 pages
...erased the very impression of his footsteps! The days of their glory are as if they had never been ; and the island that was then a speck, rude and neglected,...eloquence of their senate, and the inspiration of their barda! Who shall 6iiy then, contemplating the past, that England, proud and potent »s -he appears,... | |
 | Edwin Gordon Lawrence - Oratory - 1913 - 444 pages
...a concluding series, the contrasts being "then" with " now," " speck " with the concluding series " the ubiquity of their commerce, the glory of their...their Senate and the inspiration of their bards." There is a double opposition between "England" and "America," and "Athens is" with " Athens was " ;... | |
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In his hurried march, Time has but looked at their imagined immortality, and all its vanities, from the palace to the tomb, have, with their ruins, erased the very impression of his footsteps ! The days of their glory are as if they had never been ; and... 
