 | 724 pages
...days— august Athena; where — Where are thy men of might ? the grave in soul ? Gone glimmering through the dream of things that were, First in the race that led to glory's goal — They were, and passed away." BYRON. The turn of the season, on Tuesday the 4th ult., opened with the July... | |
 | 1813 - 996 pages
...there." p. 53. The second canto brings us at once to Athens and the following fine lines. " Ancient of days! august Athena! where — Where are thy men of might : thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were. First in the race that lead to glory's goal, They were, and... | |
 | 1811 - 546 pages
...gloomy and uncomfortable thoughts which seem but too familiar to tne mind of the author. ' Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ' thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were. First in the race that led to glory's goal, They won, and pass'd... | |
 | 1811 - 600 pages
...glooary and uncomfortable thoughts which seem but too familiar to the mind of the author. ' Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where. Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone—glimmering through the dream of things that were. First in the race that led to glory's goal,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1812 - 506 pages
...commencement of the second Canto, we find the following apostrophe, to the ruins of Athens : II. ' Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were, First in the force that led to glory's goal, They won, and pass'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1812 - 314 pages
...never felt the sacred glow That thoughts of thee and thine on polish'd breasts bestow.* I. Ancient of days ' august Athena! where, Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul? Gone— glimmering through thedream of things that were, First in the race that led to Glory's goal, They won, and pass'd... | |
 | Anonymous - 1812 - 512 pages
...commencement of the second Canto, we find the following apostrophe, to the ruins of Athens : II. ' Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of thing* that were, First in the force that led to glory's goal, They won, and pass'd... | |
 | 1813 - 486 pages
...— p. SS. The second canto brings us at once to Athens and the following fine lines. " Ancient of days! august Athena! where— Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were, first in the race that lead to glory's goal, They were, and... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 330 pages
...never felt the sacred glow That thoughts of thee and thine on polish'd breasts bestow.' I. Ancient of days ! august Athena! where, Where are thy men of might? thy grand in soul? Gone—glimmering through the dream of things that were, First in the race that led to Glory's goal,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1814 - 324 pages
...are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone— glimmering through the dream of things thatwere, First in the race that led to Glory's goal, They won, and pass'd away — is this the whole ? A school-hoy's tale, the wonder of an hour ! The warrior's weapon and the sophist's... | |
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Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were: First in the race that led to Glory's goal, They won, and pass'd away — is this the whole? 
