 There is the moral of all human tales ; « 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption, — barbarism at last And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page...  Angel in the Sun: Turner's Vision of History - Page 40by Gerald Finley - 1999 - 280 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, Robert Gibbes Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1867 - 640 pages
...there were almost as much truth as poetry in the melancholy lines of the crippled bard of Britain. " There is the moral of all human tales, "Tis but the...fails, Wealth, vice, corruption, barbarism at last. And history with aU her volumes vast, Hath but one page ! " Such, indeed, has been the record of America.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pages
...roar, Where wisdom taught, and music charm'd before. H1STOBY— « Author,. Ullo< Fatal CtrioiUf, I. L There is the moral of all human tales ; "Tis but the...fails, Wealth, vice, corruption — barbarism at last, And history, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page. Byron, Childe Harold, iv. 108. HOBBIES.... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pages
...Imperial Mount ! × la thug the mighty cvm. There Is the moral of all human tales ; Ò is hut the âàòå 's " tuneful heart would bound, Dreading the deep damnation of his "bah!" Sopran rice, corruption, — barbarism at last. Anil History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page,—... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pages
...research hath been, that these are wallsBehold the Imperial Mount! 'tis thus the mighty falls. cvnr. There is the moral of all human tales ; 'Tis but the...of the past, First Freedom, and then Glory — when tf Wealth, vice, corruption — barbarism at not CHILDE HAROLDS PILGRIMAGE. And History, with all her... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1869 - 1300 pages
...SufaQ«, bem ßîò unterlag, in folgenben Werfen au« Childe Harold |"ôîï unb toabr au«gebru({t: „There is the moral of all human tales, "Tis but...fails, Wealth , vice, corruption, barbarism at last," ctjlercn unb ohne ben frommen ©ötterglauben be« lefctcren1). £arum t>crgleid)t er bie Gbriften... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1869 - 380 pages
...hath been, that these are walls — Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty falls. CVIII. There is the moral of all human tales ; 'Tis but the...Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails, Wealth, viee, eorruption, — barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1869 - 360 pages
...— tin' Imperial Moiml I 'tis thus the mighty falls. 244 CHILDE HAROLD S PILGRIMAGE CANTO iv. CVIH. There is the moral of all human tales ; 'Tis but the...past, First Freedom, and then Glory — when that foils. Wealth, vice, corruption,- — barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath... | |
 | Dionysius Cassius Longinus - 1870 - 90 pages
...Arrogance, Vanity, and Luxury. But whoso5. Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I. 6. ' ' There is the moral of all human tales, ' Tis but the...fails, Wealth, Vice, Corruption, — Barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page— "— Childe Harold IV, 108. ever suffers... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 768 pages
...research hath been, that these are walls— [falls. Behold the Imperial Mount ! 'tis thus the mighty There is the moral of all human tales ; * 'Tis but...Freedom, and then Glory — when that fails, Wealth, rice, corruption — barbarism at last. And History, with all her volumes vast, Hath but one page,... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1870 - 1070 pages
...which Rome succumbed, in these words from Childc Harold : " There is the moral of all human talcs ; 'Tis but the same rehearsal of the past : First freedom,...fails, Wealth, vice, corruption, barbarism at last" from a higher point of view, the downfall of Borne was a divine judgment upon the old essentially heathen... | |
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