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... The Quarterly Review - Page 195edited by - 1812Full view - About this book
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...they repulsed? — but now Look on its broken arch,— its ruined wall, Its chambers denolatc — its portals foul, Yes— 'this was once ambition's airy...hall, The dome of thought — the palace of the soul ! The pleasure arising from the inspection of ruined palaces,eastles and monasteries is not so much... | |
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...appears to us to be written with groat force and originality. ' Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,...lack-lustre, .eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Witj And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all, saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People... | |
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...dwell ? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shattered cell ! VI. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,...refit ? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest SOD ! " All that, we know is, nothing can be known." x 'Why should we shrink from what we cannot shun?... | |
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...dwell ? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shatter'd cell! " Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes,...writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? " Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son ! ' All that we know is, nothing can be known." Why... | |
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...cell ! ' Look on it« broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yea ! this was once Ambition's airy hall, The dome of Thought,...Wisdom and of Wit, And Passion's host, that never brooked controul : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, . • People this lonely tower, thin... | |
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...following soliloquy on a skull might apologize for the last extract. '* Look on its broken arch, its ruined wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul: Yes,...wisdom 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... | |
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...? Why ev'n the worm at last disdains her shatter'd cell ! F2 V. Look on its broken arch, its ruin'd wall, Its chambers desolate, and portals foul : Yes,...? VII. Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son 5 " All that we know is, nothing can be known." Why should we shrink from what we cannot shun ? Each... | |
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