 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1825 - 544 pages
...the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er iis base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend. The Babylonian spires are-sunk ;• Achaia, Rome, and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - New Hampshire - 1827 - 398 pages
...had stood The crash of thunder, and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old , The sun himself... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - Geology - 1829 - 266 pages
...had stood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And all those worlds... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - Science - 1830 - 350 pages
...had stood The crash of thunder, and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows olcl , The sun himself... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, , Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base, And flinty...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And ;',] I those... | |
 | Henry Neele - English poetry - 1830 - 582 pages
...the warring winds, Shook by the slow, but sure destroyer, Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruin o'er it's base ; And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass Descend....down ; Time shakes the stable tyranny of Thrones, And tottering Empires sink with their own weight : This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And all those... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. Ar.d flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottsring empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread, grows old ; And all those... | |
 | Religion - 1835 - 1040 pages
...long had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty...of brass Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Actiaia, Rome and Egypt moulder down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires... | |
 | Theology - 1835 - 516 pages
...long had stood The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base ; And flinty...down. Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. This huge rotundity we tread grows old, And all those worlds... | |
 | Abraham Gesner - Geology - 1836 - 348 pages
...long had *tood The crash of thunder and the warring winds, Shook hy the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins "o'er its base ; And flinty...Descend ; the Babylonian spires are sunk : Achaia, Home, and Egypt, moulder down. Time shakes (he stable tyranny of thrones. And tottering Empires rush... | |
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The crush of thunder and the warring winds, Shook by the slow but sure destroyer Time, Now hangs in doubtful ruins o'er its base. And flinty pyramids, and walls of brass, Descend : the Babylonian spires are sunk ; Achaia, Rome, and Egypt, moulder down.... 
