 Brutus ! there lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which the western sea surrounds, By giants once possessed; now few remain To bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign. To reach that happy shore thy sails employ; There fate decrees to raise a second...  Essays and Studies - Page 15by English Association - 1924Full view - About this book
 | Bath guide - 1812 - 200 pages
...sea surrounds, By giants once possess'd ; now few remain To bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign. To reach that happy shore, thy sails employ, There...decrees to raise a second Troy ! And found an empire in the roynl line, Which time shall ne'er destroy, uoi- bounds confine.'* " Gerion and the elders were... | |
 | Joseph Ritson (Antiquary.) - 1825 - 238 pages
...P. 364): became, is represented as a hero of such magnitude, that, having succeeded Uther Pendragon, To reach that happy shore thy sails employ : There...royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy nor bounds confine." This island, of course, was Britain, then called Albion, at which he arrived in good time,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Arthurian romances - 1825 - 238 pages
...179J.P. 364): became, is represented as a hero of such magnitude, that, having succeeded Uther Pendragon, To reach that happy shore thy sails employ : There...royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy nor bounds confine." This island, of course, was Britain, then called Albion, at which he arrived in good time,... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Arthurian romances - 1825 - 234 pages
...represented as a hero of such magnitude, that, having succeeded Uther Pendragon, To reach that bappy shore thy sails employ : There fate decrees to raise...royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy nor bounds confine." This island, of course, was Britain, then called Albion, at which he arrived in good time,... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1829 - 452 pages
...Apollo : * Brutus, there lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which the Western Sea surrounds ; To reach that happy shore thy sails employ ; There...royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine/ " After the Christian religion had beeii planted here, London gave birth to Constantine the... | |
 | Geoffrey (of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph) - Arthurian romances - 1842 - 332 pages
...sea surrounds, By giants once possess'dj now few remain To bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign. To reach that happy shore thy sails employ ; There...royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine. Awakened by the vision, he was for some time in doubt with himself, whether what he had seen... | |
 | John Stow - London (England) - 1842 - 252 pages
...lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which the western sea surrounds : *•**•• To reach this happy shore thy sails employ : There fate decrees...royal line Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine." Since the planting of the Christian religion there, London has given birth to the noble emperor... | |
 | John Stow - London (England) - 1842 - 250 pages
...western sea surrounds: • ••••• To reach this happy shore thy sails employ: There (ate deerees to raise a second Troy, And found an empire in thy...royal line Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine." Since the planting of the Christian religion there, London has given birth to the noble emperor... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...Brutus, there lies beyond the Gallic bounds An island which the western sea surrounds : To reach thi» happy shore thy sails employ : There fate decrees...royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine." Since the planting of the Christian religion there, London has given birth to the noble Emperor... | |
 | John Allen Giles - Great Britain - 1848 - 552 pages
...sea surrounds, By giants once possessed; now few remain To bar thy entrance, or obstruct thy reign. To reach that happy shore thy sails employ; There...royal line, Which time shall ne'er destroy, nor bounds confine. Awakened by the vision, he was for some time in doubt with himself, whether what he had seen... | |
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