 Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. \ Far in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb.  The Atlantic Monthly - Stran 2341864Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1828 - 384 strani
...but for that superfluous and unaccountable duplicate Meershaum. TO THE PAST. THOU unrelenting PAST ! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain ; And...with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age that draws us towards the ground — And last — man's Life on earth Glide to thy dim dominions, and are bound.... | |
 | 1832 - 868 strani
...perhaps finer, than either of the preceding :— To the Past. 'II ' ou unrelenting Past ' Strong arc the barriers round thy dark domain And fetters sure...ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. Cbildhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age.that draws us to the ground And last, man's life... | |
 | 1832 - 540 strani
...The first specimen that came up, was the following address " To the Past." " Thou unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, And...reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sulleuness and gloom, And glorious ages gone, Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. Childhood, with... | |
 | 1832 - 542 strani
...The first specimen that came up, was the following address " To the Pant." " Thou unrelenting Past ! Strong are the barriers round thy dark domain, And fetters, sure and fast, Hold all that enter thy unbreatliiug reign. Far in thy realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious... | |
 | 1832 - 534 strani
...Hold all that enter tby unbreathing reign. Far in tby realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sulleimess and gloom, And glorious ages gone, Lie deep within the shadow of tby womb. Childhood, with all its mirth, Youth, Manhood, Age, that draws us to the ground, And last,... | |
 | Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1833 - 64 strani
...strains of one of the poets of our own land :* Far in thy realms withdrawn Old empires sit in sullermess and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown. To thee Earth's wonder and her pride Are gathered,... | |
 | 1837 - 408 strani
...man of the purest taste that England can now call her own. " TO THE PAST. " Thou ! unrelenting past 1 Strong are the barriers, round thy dark domain, And...Hold all that enter thy unbreathing reign. " Far in tby realm withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom, And glorious ages gone Lie deep within... | |
 | 1837 - 830 strani
...a poem of fourteen quatrains — three feet and four alternately. In the second quatrain, the lines And glorious ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb are, to us, disagreeable. Such images are common, but at best, repulsive. In the present case there... | |
 | 1836 - 378 strani
...of one of the poets of our own land : f • * Rulentem diccre vcrum Hon. f Bryant. Far in thy realms withdrawn Old empires sit in sullenness and gloom,...ages gone Lie deep within the shadow of thy womb. In thy abysses hide Beauty and excellence unknown. To thee Earth's wonder and her pride Are gathered,... | |
 | 740 strani
...cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of quoting a few of its stanzas : "Thou unrelenting Past I Stroug arc the barriers round thy dark domain, And fetters sure and fast Hold nil that enter thy nnbrealhing reign. " Far in thy realm withdrawn, Old empires sit in sullennesa and... | |
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