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Excerpt from The Ruins of Pæestum: And Other Compositions in Verse
Hail! Glorious vestiges of ancient art, Ye proud memorials of an age unknown, That here, say''d from the wreck of envious Time, In solitary grandeur awful stand Say whence your origin?'' and whose the hand (if mortal hand immortal works could rear) That fix''d your deep foundations in the earth, Your mighty walls constructed firm, and rais''d Stupendous to the sky, your columns huge! Perchance in dawn of time, some giant race Dwelt here - acme Cyclopean am here toil''d! Perchance some patron god the work deri''d. And rais''d with hand invisible these piles! - Spirits of air (if such there be) and ye, Shades of a pristine race, who fondly deem''d Their fame imperishable as their works.
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Hail! Glorious vestiges of ancient art, Ye proud memorials of an age unknown, That here, say''d from the wreck of envious Time, In solitary grandeur awful stand Say whence your origin?'' and whose the hand (if mortal hand immortal works could rear) That fix''d your deep foundations in the earth, Your mighty walls constructed firm, and rais''d Stupendous to the sky, your columns huge! Perchance in dawn of time, some giant race Dwelt here - acme Cyclopean am here toil''d! Perchance some patron god the work deri''d. And rais''d with hand invisible these piles! - Spirits of air (if such there be) and ye, Shades of a pristine race, who fondly deem''d Their fame imperishable as their works.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Henry Pickering
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780331517576
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 130
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Contributors
Author
Henry Pickering
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780259200802
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 132
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