 Ocean, here and there, a rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on their deep foundations beat in vain. In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of festive multitude ; Now,...  Letters on India - Page 129by Lady Maria Callcott - 1814 - 382 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Southey - 1838 - 636 pages
...monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Resisted in its strength the surf and surge That on...festive multitude; Now as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood, Which roars for ever on the restless shores; Or visiting... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...devouring wave Had swallow'd there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean, here...festive multitude ; Now as the weary ages pass along. Hearing no voice save of the ocean flood, Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...devouring wave Had swallow'd there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean, here...festive multitude ; Now as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the ocean flood, Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - India - 1859 - 412 pages
...devouring wave Had swallowed there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of Ocean, here...its strength the surf and surge That on their deep loundations beat in vain. In solitude the ancient temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1860 - 352 pages
...devouring wave Had swallowed there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of Ocean, here...festive multitude ; Now, as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice save of the Ocean flood. Which roars for ever on the restless shores ; Or, visiting... | |
 | William Nelson Pendleton - Bible and science - 1860 - 362 pages
...devouring wave Had swallowed there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of ocean, here...instrument, and song, And solemn dance of festive multitudes ; Now as the weary ages pass along, Hearing no voice, save of the ocean flood, Which roars... | |
 | Robert Southey - English poetry - 1860 - 338 pages
...devouring wave Had swallowed there, when monuments so brave Bore record of their old magnificence. And on the sandy shore, beside the verge Of Ocean, here...rock-hewn fane Resisted in its strength the surf and surge In solitude the Ancient Temples stood, Once resonant with instrument and song, And solemn dance of... | |
 | American periodicals - 1863 - 648 pages
...the waters " silently rippled on the rising rock." Elsewhere Southey pictures some ancient temples, once resonant with instrument and song, and solemn dance of festive multitude, that now stand apart in stern loneliness, resisting the surf and surge that beat in vain on their deep... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1863 - 666 pages
...the waters " silently rippled on the rising rock." Elsewhere Southey pictures some ancient temples, once resonant with instrument and song, and solemn dance of festive multitude, that now stand apart in stern loneliness, resisting the surf and surge that beat in run on their deep... | |
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