 Oh ! you might deem the spot The spacious cavern of some virgin mine, Deep in the womb of earth — where the gems grow, And diamonds put forth radiant rods and bud With amethyst and topaz — and the place Lit up, most royally, with the pure beam That...  Anglo-American Literature and Manners - Page 187by Philarete Chasles - 1852 - 328 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1821 - 276 pages
...diamonds put forth radiant rods, and bud With amethyst and topaz, and the place Lit up, most royally, with the pure beam That dwells in them. Or haply the...brightness, and are lost Among the crowded pillars. Raise thine eye, — Thou seest no cavern roof, no palace vault ; There the blue sky and the white... | |
 | 1821 - 534 pages
...diamonds put forth radiant rods, and bud With amethyst and topaz, and the place Lit up, most royally, with the pure beam That dwells in them. Or haply the...the sun ; Where crystal columns send forth slender shaft1 And crossing arches, and fantastic aisles Wind from the sight in brightness, and are lost Among... | |
 | Richard Henry Dana - 1822 - 344 pages
...diamonds put forth radiant rods, and bud With amethyst and topaz, and the place Lit up, most royally, with the pure beam That dwells in them. Or haply the...brightness, and are lost Among the crowded pillars. Raise thine eye, — Thou seest no cavern roof, no palace vault; There the blue sky and the white drifting... | |
 | 1853 - 640 pages
...and branch, and leaf, over all the forest. Then the scene is said less to resemble earth than some " Fairy palace that outlasts the night, And fades not...brightness, and are lost Among the crowded pillars." — Lattimore. NAMES. IT is certain that the Saxons changed the appellation of nearly all the places... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...amethyst and topaz, and the place Lit up, most royally, with the pure beam HI THE AMERICAN [Lesson 6t That dwells in them. Or, haply, the vast hall Of fairy palace, that out-rlasts the night, And fades not in the glory of the sun ; Where crystal columns send forth slender... | |
 | 1832 - 604 pages
...diamonds put forth radiant rods, and bud With amethyst and topaz — and the place Lit up most royally with the pure beam That dwells in them ; or haply...brightness, and are lost Among the crowded pillars. Raise thine eye, — Thou secst no cavern roof, no palace vault; There the blue sky and the white drifting... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...diamonds put forth radiant rods and bud With amethyst and topaz — and the place Lit up, most royally, with the pure beam That dwells in them. Or haply the...brightness, and are lost Among the crowded pillars. Raise thine eye, — Thou seest no cavern roof, no palace vault ; There the blue sky and the white... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...diamonds put forth radiant rods, and bud With amethyst and topaz, and the place Lit up. most royally, with the pure beam That dwells in them ; or, haply,...And crossing arches, and fantastic aisles Wind from me sight in brightness, and are lost Among the crowded pillars. Raise thine eye:— Thou seest no cavern... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...diamonds put forth radiant rods and bud With amethyst and topaz — and the place Lit up, most royally, with the pure beam That dwells in them. Or haply the...shafts And crossing arches ; and fantastic aisles A WINTER. PIECE. 169 Wind from the sight in brightness, and are lost Among the crowded pillars. Raise... | |
 | 1839 - 546 pages
...diamonds put forth radiant rods, and bud With amethyst and topaz — and the place Lit up moit royally with the pure beam That dwells in them, or haply the...the sun ; Where crystal columns send forth slender shaft* And crossing arches ; and fantastic isles Wind from the sight in brightness, and are lost Among... | |
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