 | Bayard Taylor - Europe - 1847 - 216 pages
...spectators, it must have exceeded any pageant which the world can n6w produce. No wonder it was said — i " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When...falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when Rome fells, the world !" — a prediction, which time has not verified. The world is now going forward,... | |
 | European revolution, Superior Spirit - 1848 - 204 pages
...nations. The true heart of Italy is neither Vienna, nor Turin, nor Naples, but the Eternal City. " When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls, the world." Italy not only groans under the Austrian yoke, but also wars against the forms of Teutonic thought.... | |
 | United States - 1849 - 596 pages
...humanity, that these infamous means will never be resorted to; and we have faith that " While stnnds the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When falls the Coliseum,...Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls — the world !" — This intervention with foreign arms would be. the last struggle for the success of Popedom.... | |
 | James Diman Green - Malden (Mass.) - 1850 - 124 pages
...Then in this magic circle raise the dead ; Heroes have trod this spot — 'tis on their dust ye tread While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When...Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls, the world. And yet could you stand before these majestic ruins without thinking of the thousands of Jewish slaves... | |
 | Buddha (The concept) - 1850 - 498 pages
...are living in other countries where Budhism is professed. The ancient Romans said of their city, " While stands the Coliseum Rome shall stand, When falls...Rome shall fall, And when Rome falls, the world." And the Budhists of other lands have a similar supposition relative to the Budhism of Ceylon. They... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...who died on that mountain, They'll weep for the maiden who sleeps in this wave. — Lallah Roohh. 22. While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When...Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls— the world !— BYRON. 23. Hear me, my mother Earth ! Behold it, Heaven ! Have I not had to wrestle with my lot... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1851 - 352 pages
...magic circle raise the dead : Heroes have trod this spot — 't is on their dust ye tread. CXLV. " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; " When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; [land " And when Rome falls — the World." From our own Thus spake the pilgrims o'er this mighty... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - Europe - 1852 - 538 pages
...you enter it, and stand amid its broken ruins, the oft-repeated prophecy will be remembered, — " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When...Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls, the world." This vast pile, in its decaying grandeur, is an illustration of the present condition of Rome ; and... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - Europe - 1853 - 462 pages
...thousand spectators, it must have exceeded any pageant which the world can now produce. No wonder it was said — " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand...Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls, the world !" — a prediction, which time has not verified. The world is now going forward, prouder than ever,... | |
 | 1853 - 42 pages
...amazed at this piece of massive masonry. They identified its duration with that of time itself. They said, " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand...shall fall ; and when Rome falls, — the world." But the wind and the lightning and the rain have made havoc with its walls ; while man, a worse depredator... | |
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While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; 'When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; 'And when Rome falls — the World. 
