 Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs ! and the day When Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's sword in bearing fame away ! Alas, for Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page ! — but these shall...  Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt - Page 208by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 329 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 833 pages
...mirage of ruin rises near. '• LXXXII. Alas! the lofty city! and alas! The trebly hundred triumphs! 42 and the day When Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass...Tully's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page!—but these shall be Her resurrection; all beside—decay. Alas, for earth, for never shall we... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1856 - 828 pages
...found at the place where the great sacrifice was made to patriotism, — on the spot •' Where Brutug made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's sword, in Bearing fame away." It is the statues, that embody the grand moral conception of the ancients. The best are of Greek sculpture,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night? Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred...conqueror's sword in bearing fame away ! Alas, for Tally's* voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page ! — but these shall be Her resurrection... | |
 | Salem Town - 1857 - 524 pages
...Our hands, and cry " Eureka ! " it is clear, — 'When but some false mirage * of ruin rises near. 5. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred triumphs ! and the day When Brutus t made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's sword in bearing fame away ! Alas, for Tully's voice,... | |
 | James Anderson (of Edinburgh.) - 1857 - 748 pages
...achieving for her the blessing of freedom and all that can make her great and glorious. " AIM ! for Tolly's voice and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page— but these shall be Her resurrection." But whatever advantages she might derive from the revival of the study of the Roman classics, something... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...clap Our hands and cry, " Eureka !" it is clear—- When but some false mirage of ruin rises near. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred...— decay. Alas for earth, for never shall we see That brightness in her eye she bore when Rome was free ! BYRON. THE JEWS AND THE SCRIPTURES. The Jews... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Recitations - 1858 - 450 pages
...O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night? Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred...— decay. Alas, for Earth, for never shall we see That brightness in her eye she bore when Eome was freel BYRON. LXXXVI. — TASSO'S CORONATIONS FOB... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 364 pages
...Our hands, and cry "Eureka !" it is clear — When but some false mirage of ruin rises near. LXXXII. Alas ! the lofty city ! and alas ! The trebly hundred...conqueror's sword in bearing fame away ! Alas, for Tally's voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page ! — but these shall he Her resurrection... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 914 pages
...alas ! Tte trebly hundred triumphs ! ' and the day "Vbcn Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass Tht conqueror's sword in bearing fame away ! Alas, for...voice, and Virgil's lay, And Livy's pictured page I — but these shall be Her resurrection ; all beside — decay. Alas, for Earth, for never shall... | |
 | 1859 - 806 pages
...the Italian mind, notwithstanding the horror and indignation of the universal world, we may again see the day. When Brutus made the dagger's edge surpass The conqueror's sword in bearing fame away. Nor is it only the populace and middle classes of Italy who are indignant. The educated intellect of... | |
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