 And at its base, from whence the serpent glides Down the green desert street, yon hoary monk laments the same, the vision as he views, The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie, Blended in dust together ; where the...  The Adviser: Or, The Moral and Literary Tribunal ... - Page 143by John Bristed - 1803Full view - About this book
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...7 The grave's the market place. Death and the Lady. Ballad in DDCON'S Ballads. The Percy Society. 8 Canto I. St. 1. 16 Here's to the pilot that weathered...that Weathered the Storm. 17 And as great seamen, us labors; where th' insulting proud Resigns his powers; the miser drops his hoard: Where human folly... | |
 | Amy Louise Reed - 1924 - 300 pages
...Dust of the mighty!) the same story tell; And at its base, from whence the serpent glides Down the green desert street, yon hoary monk Laments the same,...his labours; where th' insulting proud Resigns his power; the miser drops his hoard; Where human folly sleeps. — There is a mood (I sing not to the... | |
 | Peter Cosgrove - 1999 - 300 pages
...same contrast Gibbon elicits in his final version between friar and ruins appears also in Dyer's poem: yon hoary monk Laments the same, the vision as he...peasants, hermits, lie, Blended in dust together. 51 Historian and poet alike bring to the ruins preformatted sets of relationships. Though Craddock... | |
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