Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped... A New Library of Poetry and Song - Seite 655von William Cullen Bryant - 1877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1898 - 370 Seiten
...wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. — Shelley. Books. GBEEX FIBE: A Romance. By Fiona Macleod. New... | |
| Samuel Kinns - 1895 - 480 Seiten
...of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on those lifeless things, * The hand that mocked them and the...ye Mighty, and despair ! ' Nothing beside remains. Hound the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away."... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 498 Seiten
...lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, — The hand that...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. THE INDIAN SERENADE I ARISE from dreams of thee In the first sweet... | |
| Oswald Crawfurd - 1896 - 494 Seiten
...well those passions read Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things, The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. CCCLIIL PB Shelley. THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS. ONE more Unfortunate Weary... | |
| Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball - 1897 - 408 Seiten
...passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things iA. P. Stanley, DD The hand that mocked and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away." The proverbial poetic license must, of course, be accorded to Shelley's... | |
| Wendell Phillips Garrison - 1897 - 246 Seiten
...ruler accustomed to be feared and obeyed. What more did the traveller observe about this statue ? " And on the pedestal these words appear : My name is...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away." Yes, Robinson Crusoe's father was right : we need not envy those... | |
| William King Baker - 1898 - 610 Seiten
...wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked...that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away." Shelley's lines are not quite correct, as the ruined statue lies... | |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1898 - 492 Seiten
...lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, (stamped on these lifeless things,) The hand that...Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. 1817. PASSAGE OF THE APENNINES. LISTEN, listen, Mary mine, To the... | |
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