 Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the Soul: Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 6251812Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 352 pages
...hroken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chamhers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was onee Amhition's airy hall, The dome of Thought, the palace of the...of Wisdom and of Wit And Passion's host, that never hrook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1837 - 234 pages
...shattered cell ! Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : i Yes, this was once ambition's airy hall, , , .-, -., -...lack-lustre, eyeless hole, . . .. . ' ... . The gay recess ef wisdom and of wit, .*,*.,. - . ... ->,' And passion's host, that never brooked contiol. Can all,... | |
 | William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 428 pages
...shattered cell ! Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul ; Yes, this was once ambition's airy hall, The dome of thought,...and of wit, And passion's host, that never brooked control : Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit... | |
 | William Howitt - Country life - 1838 - 448 pages
...shattered cell ! Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul ; Yes, this was once ambition's airy hall, The dome of thought,...and of wit, And passion's host, that never brooked control : Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1839 - 242 pages
...was once ambition's airy hall ; (it 100,1) the dome of thought, the palace of the soul. Behold thou, through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, the gay recess of wisdom and of wit, and passion's host, which never brooked control. Can all the works which saints, or sages, or sophists have ever written,... | |
 | Margaret Richardson - 1839 - 236 pages
...Heaven for ever inspire. ON THE MONUMENT OF LADY NIGHTINGALE. (WESTMINSTER ABBEY.) " Yes, thou wert once Ambition's airy hall; The dome of thought, the palace of the soul; Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit?" CHILDE HAROLD'S... | |
 | Phrenology - 1840 - 610 pages
...a skull:— "Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul, Yet this was once ambition's airy hall, The dome of thought,...wisdom and of wit! And passion's host, that never brook'd control; Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
 | William Howitt - Country life - 1840 - 652 pages
...broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul; Yes, this was once amhition's airy hall, The dome of thought, the palace of the...and of wit, And passion's host, that never brooked control : Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ. People this lonely tower, this tenement refit?... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Literature - 1841 - 616 pages
...shatter'd cell. " Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes, this was once ambition's airy hall, The dome of thought,...wisdom and of wit, And passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist eoer writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...shattered cell ! Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, nnd portals foul ; Vet gleaming ; But, while 1 marked what next befell, It...ghostly wight, In azure gown, with cincture white ; His For heath-bell with her purple bloom, Supplied the bonnet and the plume.1 All night, in this sad glen,... | |
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