Before them flam'd the shield, and march'd the god . Then with his hand he shook the mighty wall; And lo ! the turrets nod, the bulwarks fall... Patronage - Stran 55avtor: Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 431 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
| 1805 - 378 strani
...The houses wrapp'd in flames, and verdant walls, The work of thousands, in a moment falls. As soon, as when ashore an infant stands, And draws imagin'd...pleas'd with some new play, Sweeps the slight works and fashion'd domes away. Fierce, and more fierce, the fiery torrents grew, , Swell'd in the wind, and... | |
| Homerus - 1807 - 568 strani
...turrets nod, the bulwarks fall. 415 Easy, as when ashore an infant stands, And draws imagin'd houses in the sands; The sportive wanton, pleas'd with some new play, Sweeps the slight works and fashion'd domes away. Thus vanish'd, at thy touch, the towers and walls: The toil of thousands in a... | |
| Homerus - 1808 - 574 strani
...turrets nod, the hulwarks fall. 415 Easy, as when ashore an infant stands, And draws imagin'd houses in the sands ; The sportive wanton, pleas'd with some new play, Sweeps the slight works and fashion'd domes away. Thus vanish'd, at thy touch, the towers and walls; The toil of thousands in a... | |
| 1813 - 374 strani
...turrets nod, the bulwarks fall : Easy, as when ashore an infant stands, And draws imugin'd houses in the sands ; The sportive wanton, pleas'd with some new play, Sweeps the slight works and fashion'd domes away : Thus Tanish'd, at thy touch, the towers and walls ; The toil of thousands in... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 448 strani
...sigh, and look of penitence, with which she pronounced these words, were accepted as expiation,—Mr. Barclay stopped, and returned; while sweeping the..." The sportive wanton, pleas'd with some new play, . " Sweepsthe slightworks and fancied domes away: " Thus vanish at thy touch the tow'rs and walls,... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1814 - 446 strani
...sigh, and look of penitence, with which she pronounced these words, were accepted as expiation, — Mr. Barclay stopped, and returned ; while sweeping the...repeated : " Easy, as when ashore an infant stands, " Aud draws imagin'd houses on the sands, " The sportive wanton, pic as VI with some new play, " Sweeps... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1815 - 446 strani
...sigh, and Jook of penitence, with which she pronounced these words, were accepted as expiation — Mr. Barclay stopped, and returned; while sweeping the wreck of her tower from the table, the repeated : " Easy, as when ashore an infant stands, " And draws imagin'd houses on the sands, "... | |
| Homer - 1822 - 342 strani
...turrets nod, the bulwarks fall : Easy, as when ashore an infant stands, And draws imagin'd houses in the sands ; The sportive wanton, pleas'd with some new play, Sweeps the slight works and fashion'd domes away: Thus vanish'd at thy touch, the towers and walls; The toil of thousands in a... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 344 strani
...turrets nod, the bulwarks fall : Easy, as when ashore an infant stands, And draws imagin'd houses in die sands; The sportive wanton, pleas'd with some new play, Sweeps the slight works and fashion'd domes avviy : Thus vanish'd at thy touch, the towers and walls. The toil of thousands in... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 560 strani
...sigh, and look of penitence, with which she pronounced these words, were accepted as expiation — Mr. Barclay stopped, and returned ; while sweeping the wreck of her tower from the table, she repeated : " Euy, u when ashore an infant stands, " And drawl imagln'd houses on the sands, " TUc sportive wanton,... | |
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