When the light shines serene but doth not glare, Then in this magic circle raise the dead : Heroes have trod this spot — 'tis on their dust ye tread. " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when... The Works of Lord Byron - Page 83by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1823Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 1871 - 670 pages
...the man who thus assails them, however great may be the " zeal" he pleads for the "Lord of Hosts." " When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall — And when Rome falls — the World" — may be a majestic image in poetry, but we don't see that Rome is showing any signs of decay at... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 478 pages
...stand; « When falls the Coliseum, Home shall fall ; « And when Rome falls-^the World. » From our own Thus spake the pilgrims o'er this mighty wall In Saxon...mortal things are still On their foundations, and unaltered all ; Rome and her ruin past redemption's skill, The World, the same wide den— of thieves,... | |
| 1821 - 304 pages
...the Coliseum, Rome shall fell ; " And when Rome falls — the World." From our own land Thus spoke the Pilgrims o'er this mighty wall In Saxon times, which we are wont to call Ancient : and theec three mortal things are still On their foundations, and unalter'd all ; Rome and her Ruin past... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 334 pages
...spot — 'tis on their dust y* tread. CXLV. " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; (63) " When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; " And when...land Thus spake the pilgrims o'er this mighty wall Ii| Saxon times, which we are wont to eall Aneicnt ; and these three mortal things are still On their... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 63 When falls the Coliseum, Home shall fall; And when Home falls—the world.» From our own land Thus spake the pilgrims...mortal things are still On their foundations, and niialler'd all; Home and her ruin past redemption's skill, The world, the same wide den—of thieves,... | |
| George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...have trod this spot — 'tis on their du>t ye tread. While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; 'And when...land Thus spake the pilgrims o'er this mighty wall n Saxon times , which we are wont to call Ancient ; and these three mortal things are still )n their... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826 - 170 pages
...falls— the World." From our own Thus spake the pilgrims o'er this mighty wnll In Saxon times, \vhich we are wont to call Ancient ; and these three mortal things are still On their foundations and unaltered all ; Rome and her Ruin past Redemption's skill, [will The World, the same wide den— of... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1827 - 888 pages
...Rome sball stand ¡fi3 When falls the Co lue urn, Rome shall f.ill ; And when Home f.ills — tlie world. » From our own land » Thus spake the pilgrims o'er this mighty wall In Saion limes, which we are wont to call Ancient i and these three mort'tl things are still On their... | |
| Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter - 1827 - 630 pages
...belief in the oracular prediction of the poet, that "While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall -, And when Rome falls — the world." HOME CONTINUED FORUM OF TRAJAN PANTHEON TOJ1B OF RAPHAEL — CAMPUS MARTIL'S MAl'SOLKL'M OP AUGUSTUS... | |
| George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1828 - 780 pages
...falls— the world.» From oar own laud Thus »pake the pilgrims o'er this mighty wall In Saion time«, which we are wont to call Ancient ; and these three...mortal things are still On their foundations, and u nal 1er d all ; Rome and her ruin past redemption's skill. The world the same wide den— of thieves,... | |
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