 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, the palace of the Soul : Behold through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess of Wisdom and of Wit...  The Monthly critical gazette - Page 4571824Full view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1835 - 606 pages
...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, And Passion's host, that never brook'd control ; Can oil saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...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 And Passion's host, that never brook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...Yes, this was onee Amhition'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 And Passion's host, that never hrook'd control : Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...Yes, this was once Ambition1« 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, 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 - 1838 - 428 pages
...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...ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? In the servants' ball, lay a stone coffin, in which were fencing gloves and foils ; and on... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1839 - 230 pages
...thought, the palace of the soul. Behold, through each lack-lustre, eyeless hole, The gay recess ef wisdom and of wit, And passion's host, that never...ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ? TRANSPOSED. Remove thou yonder skull out from the scattered heaps. Is that a temple, where... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1839 - 242 pages
...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
...(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 PILGRIMAGE. Say, hast thou o'er the abbey stray'd, To view the sculptur'd clay... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1840 - 240 pages
...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...ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement refit ?. TRANSPOSED. Remove thou yonder skull out from the scattered heaps. Is that a temple, where... | |
 | Phrenology - 1840 - 610 pages
...Yet 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! And passion's host, that never brook'd control; Can all saint, sage, or sophist ever writ, People this lonely tower, this tenement... | |
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