| John Hanbury Dwyer - 1850 - 318 oldal
...TO A SKULL. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought,...Wisdom and of Wit, And passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
| baroness E. C. de Calabrella - 1851 - 540 oldal
...likeness ? " Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought,...and of Wit, And Passion's host that never brooked control ; Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ?"... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 oldal
...! ...a VI. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought,...of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
| 1851 - 524 oldal
...may dwell ; Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, its portals foul. Yes ! this was once ambition's airy hall, The dome of thought,...eyeless hole, The gay recess of wisdom and of wit. Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever wrote, People this lonely tower, this tenement relit." The ribs... | |
| 1851 - 496 oldal
...SKULL. LOOK on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,.this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought,...the Soul :Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hoky The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit, And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 oldal
...a temple where a God may dwell? Why cv'n the worm at last disdains her shatter^ cell ! Look on its y sons \vho whilome recens of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all samt, rage, or... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 oldal
...MONTGOMEBY. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul, Yes, this was once ambition's airy hall, The dome of thought,...of wisdom and of wit, And passion's host that never brook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 oldal
...shatter 'd cell! Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes, this was once ambition's airy hall, The dome of thought,...wisdom and of wit, And passion's host, that never brook'd control: Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
| Walter Scott - 1853 - 420 oldal
...Ambition's airy hall, The dome of thonght, the palace of the sonl : Bchold throngh each lack-lnstre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of wisdom and of wit, And passion's host, that never brook'd contronl : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
| 1853 - 504 oldal
...shattered cell! Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall. Its chambers desolate, and portals foul; Yes, this was once ambition's airy hall, The dome of thought, the palace of the souL" Nor is the doctrine that the brain is in some sense the measure of the mind's power, entirely new.... | |
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