GONE are the glorious Greeks of old, Glorious in mien and mind ; Their bones are mingled with the mould, Their dust is on the wind ; The forms they hewed from living stone Survive the waste of years, alone, And, scattered with their ashes, show What greatness... The Talisman for ... - Стр. 253редактор(ы): - 1828Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| Rembrandt Peale - 1839 - Страниц: 276
...habit and, as it were, by my feeling of the words being associated with the tune. Scott. GREEK STATUES. GONE are the glorious Greeks of old. Glorious in mien...their ashes, show What greatness perished long ago. WC Bryant. * TASTE AND ART. ALL men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world ; some men... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - Страниц: 294
...waves, Our lovers woo beneath their moon— Ah, let us spare, at least, their graves! 15* THE GREEK BOY. GONE are the glorious Greeks of old, Glorious in mien...greatness perished long ago. Yet fresh the myrtles there—the springs Gush brightly as of yore ; Flowers blossom from the dust of kings, As many an age... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1847 - Страниц: 520
...mulberry near, And the night-sparrow trills her song, All night, with none to hear. THE GREEK BOY. GONE are the glorious Greeks of old, Glorious in mien...greatness perished long ago. Yet fresh the myrtles there—the springs Gush brightly as of yore ; Flowers blossom from the dust of kings, As many an age... | |
| 1914 - Страниц: 668
...AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. — I am curious to know who is the author of a poem beginning : — • Gone are the glorious Greeks of old, Glorious in mien...mingled with the mould, Their dust is on the wind. ALEX. LEEPER. Trinity College, University of Melbourne. Mourn not for Venice. Though her fall lie awful... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1849 - Страниц: 118
...Shout, baby, shout, and clap thy hands, For father on the threshold stands ! THE GREEK BOY. WC BRYANT. Glorious in mien and mind; Their bones are mingled with the mould, GOKE are the glorious Greeks of old, Their dust is on the wind ; The forms they hew'd from living stone,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1852 - Страниц: 388
...mulberry near, And the night-sparrow trills her song, All night, with none to hear. THE GREEK BOY. (TONE are the glorious Greeks of old, Glorious in mien and...greatness perished long ago. Yet fresh the myrtles there—the springs Gush brightly as of yore; Flowers blossom from the dust of kings, As many an age... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - Страниц: 318
...mulberry near, And the night-sparrow trills her song, All night, with none to hear. THE GREEK BOY. GONE are the glorious Greeks of old, Glorious in mien...their ashes, show What greatness perished long ago. Flowers blossom from the dust of kings, As many an age before. There nature moulds as nobly now, As... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1855 - Страниц: 320
...mulberry near, And the night-sparrow trills her song, All night, with none to hear. THE GBEEK BOY. GONE are the glorious Greeks of old, Glorious in mien...their ashes, show What greatness perished long ago. Flowers blossom from the dust of kings, As many an age before. There nature moulds as nobly now, As... | |
| 1855 - Страниц: 670
...WILLIAM CULLEST BRYANT. Collected and arranged by the Author. Two volumes. Appleton & Co. " GONE are tho glorious Greeks of old— Glorious in mien and mind—...their ashes, show What greatness perished long ago." MIGHT not an almost similar lament be breathed—if indeed we may fairly call this stanza of Bryant's... | |
| 1855 - Страниц: 654
...By WILLIAM CCLLEST BRYANT. Collected and arranged by the Author. Two volumes. Appleton & Co. " GONK are the glorious Greeks of old — Glorious in mien...the waste of years alone, And scattered with their ashos, show "What greatness perished long ago." MIGHT not an almost similar lament be breathed —... | |
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