 Come, but molest not yon defenceless urn : Look on this spot — a nation's sepulchre ! Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twas Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's — and other creeds Will rise with...  Views of Religion - Page 641906 - 783 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...source of all the gloom and bad passions displayed in the volume. Speaking still of Athens, he says, " Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : Twas Jove's, 'tis Mahomet's— and otUei Creeds, Will rise with other years — till man shall team, Vainly his incense soars, his victim... | |
 | English literature - 1811 - 600 pages
...urn : Look on this spot — a nation's sepulchre ! Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn. • Even gods must yield— religions take their turn...of doubt and death, whose hope is built on reeds. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing ! to know Thou art... | |
 | 1811 - 546 pages
...Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn : 'Twos Jove's — 'tis Mahomet's— and other creeds Will...of doubt and death, whose hope is built on reeds. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing ! to know Thou an... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 510 pages
...imaginary Harold, instead •f of uttering as his own, the sentiments contained in the following stanzas. ' Even gods must yield — religions take their turn...of doubt and death, whose hope is built on reeds. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is'tnot enough, unhappy thing! to know Thou... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English literature - 1812 - 314 pages
...urn : Look on this spot — a nation's sepulchre ! • Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn. Even gods must yield — religions take their turn...of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built on reeds. II. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing ! to know... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1812 - 506 pages
...imaginary Harold, instead of uttering as his own, the sentiments contained in the following stanzas. 4 Even gods must yield — religions take their turn...Poor child of doubt and death, whose hope is built an reeds. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven — Is't not enough, unhappy thing! to... | |
 | 1812 - 564 pages
...longer burn. Even gods must yield—religions take their turn: 'Twas Jove's—'tis Mahomet's—and other creeds Will rise with other years, till man...of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built on reeds. " Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven— Is't not enough, unhappy thing! to know Thou art... | |
 | Anonymous - History - 1812 - 512 pages
...imaginary Harold, instead of uttering as his own, the sentiments contained in the following stanzas. ' Even gods must yield — religions take their turn...rise with other years, till man shall learn Vainly liis incense soars, his victim bleeds ; Poor child of doubt and death, ichote hopeis built on reeds.... | |
 | Theology - 1813 - 486 pages
...source of all the gloom and bad passions displayed in the volume. Speaking still of Athens, he says, " Even gods must yield — religions take their turn:...of doubt and death, whose hope is built on reeds." Ib. In other words, that all religion is gross delusion. If good poetry could apologize for bad divinity,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 324 pages
...urn : Look on this spot — a nation's sepulchre ! Abode of gods, whose shrines no longer burn, pven gods must yield — religions take their turn: 'Twas...Poor child of Doubt and Death, whose hope is built onreeds. II. IV. Bound to the earth, he lifts his eye to heaven— Is't not enough, unhappy thing !... | |
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