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Page 18
... painted hall , and in it are assembled a goodly throng of joyous guests . The royal captive , John , is feasting with the third Edward , and all his court . But this pageant has melted into air ; and Henry of Lancaster occupies its ...
... painted hall , and in it are assembled a goodly throng of joyous guests . The royal captive , John , is feasting with the third Edward , and all his court . But this pageant has melted into air ; and Henry of Lancaster occupies its ...
Page 19
... painted hall are gone ; the councils are dissolved , the banquets are broken up , the revels are ended , and the guests departed . There stands the modern Ordnance Office , and here am I , musing on the unsubstantial past . In my ...
... painted hall are gone ; the councils are dissolved , the banquets are broken up , the revels are ended , and the guests departed . There stands the modern Ordnance Office , and here am I , musing on the unsubstantial past . In my ...
Page 37
... paintings above . Now then for the giddy height of the golden gallery . LONDON , FROM THE CUPOLA OF ST . PAUL'S . WITH a companion , I have ascended the stone stair- case ; we have groped our way , almost in the dark , up the wooden ...
... paintings above . Now then for the giddy height of the golden gallery . LONDON , FROM THE CUPOLA OF ST . PAUL'S . WITH a companion , I have ascended the stone stair- case ; we have groped our way , almost in the dark , up the wooden ...
Page 38
... painted yellow , and a thousand names are etched or scratched thereupon , in celebration of the visit of those who from this place have gazed on London city . The bulging out of the huge cupola . below my feet , impresses the mind with ...
... painted yellow , and a thousand names are etched or scratched thereupon , in celebration of the visit of those who from this place have gazed on London city . The bulging out of the huge cupola . below my feet , impresses the mind with ...
Page 48
... painters , and musicians , statesmen , kings , and he- roes , lie entombed ! The sceptred hand , the anointed head , There moulder with the silent dead , For worldly pomp and kingly power , Are but the pageants of an hour . Where beasts ...
... painters , and musicians , statesmen , kings , and he- roes , lie entombed ! The sceptred hand , the anointed head , There moulder with the silent dead , For worldly pomp and kingly power , Are but the pageants of an hour . Where beasts ...
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