With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; Here towers of war that frown in massy strength. While over all hangs the rich purple eve, As conscious of its being her last farewell Of light and glory to that fated city. And. as our clouds of battle dust... Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 751820Full view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...and sumptuous palaces, With cool and verdant gardens interspersed : There towers of war, that frown in massy strength; While over all hangs the rich purple...conscious of its being her last farewell Of light ami glory to that fated city. And, as our clouds of battle, dust, and smoke Are melted into air, behold... | |
| Mary Botham Howitt - English poetry - 1853 - 548 pages
...palaces, With cool and verdant gardens intenpeiwi: Here towers of war thai frown in пм»т «»." While over all hangs the rich purple eve. As conscious of its being her last fsrenell Of light and glory to that faied city. And, as our clouds of battle duit and tunkt Are melted... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...and sumptuous palaces, With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; There towers of war that frown in massy strength ; While over all hangs the rich...and smoke, Are melted into air, behold the Temple In undisturbed and lone serenity, Finding itself a solemn sanctuary In the profound of heaven ! It stands... | |
| Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...and sumptuous palaces, "With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; There towers of war that frown in massy strength ; While over all hangs the rich...and smoke, Are melted into air, behold the Temple In undisturbed and lone serenity, Finding itself a solemn sanctuary In the profound of heaven ! It stands... | |
| 1857 - 802 pages
...the grave which had just now closed, while high above, its spire was pointing to the heavens : — " And as our clouds of battle, dust and smoke, Are melted into air, behold the temple In undisturbed and lone serenity, Finding itself a solemn sanctuary In the profound of heaven." In estimating,... | |
| Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 490 pages
...and sumptuous palaces, "With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; There towers of war that frown in massy strength ; While over all hangs the rich purple eve, As conscious of its being her lost farewell Of light and glory to that fated city. And, as our clouds of battle, dust, and smoke,... | |
| Church history - 1860 - 164 pages
...palaces. With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; Here towers of war, that frown in massy itiengtli, While over all hangs the rich purple eve. As conscious...being her last farewell Of light and glory to that faded city. And, as our clouds of battle dust and sraoks Are melted into air, behold the temple, In... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...bright and sumptuous palaces, with cool and verdant gardens interspers'd ; here towers of war that frown in massy strength : while over all hangs the rich...and smoke are melted into air, behold the Temple, in undisturbed and lone serenity finding itself a solemn sanctuary in the profound of heaven ! It stands... | |
| Aaron Ward - Middle East - 1865 - 332 pages
...bright and sumptuous palaces, With cool and verdant gardens Interspersed ; Here towers of war that frown in massy strength : While over all hangs the rich...conscious of its being her last farewell Of light and (lory to that fated city. And M oar clouds of battle, dust and smoke, Are melted Into air, behold the... | |
| Kate Gordon (of Fyvie.) - 1866 - 258 pages
...and sumptuous palaces, With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; There, towers of war that frown in massy strength ; While over all hangs the rich...smoke, Are melted into air, behold ' the temple,' la undisturbed and lone serenity, Finding itself a solemn sanctuary In the profound of heaven ! " 1.... | |
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