 | Nicholas Toms Carrington - 1826 - 280 páginas
...The duteous river laves — Fair Tavistock, thine abbey's mould'ring walls, And flows complaining by. O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane ! — O save the sacred pile O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing... | |
 | Nicholas Toms Carrington, Noel Thomas Carrington - 1834 - 340 páginas
...The duteous river laves— Fair Tavistock, thine abbey's mould'ring walls, And flows complaining by. O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane !—O save the sacred pile O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1845 - 440 páginas
...The duteous river laves, Fair Tavistock, thine abbey's mouldering walls, And fl'ws complaining by. O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane ! CAEE1NOTON. IT has of late been much the custom with writers who raise a superstructure of fiction... | |
 | Rachel Evans - 1846 - 346 páginas
...by a white-washed ceiling. Another building with turrets and pinnacles remains near the gateway. " O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious...the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep shadowing all Its pristine honours—from the ruthless grasp Of future violation!" 12 HOME SCENES,... | |
 | Rachel Evans - 1846 - 338 páginas
...by a white-washed ceiling. Another building with turrets and pinnacles remains near the gateway. " O ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane ! — O save the sacred pile O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep shadowing... | |
 | William Wells Brown, William Farmer - 1852 - 354 páginas
...attention of those under whose charge they are, and we felt like joining with the poet and saying — " 0 ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious...— from the ruthless grasp Of future violation." In contemplating these ruins more closely, the mind insensibly reverts to the period of feudal and... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1855 - 338 páginas
...attention of those under whose charge they are, and we felt like joining with the poet, and saying — " 0 ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious...Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing all Its pristine honors — from the ruthless grasp Of future violation ! " In contemplating these ruins more closely,... | |
 | James Williams Arrowsmith - 1906 - 256 páginas
..."The duteous river laves Fair Westbury thy convent's mouldering walls, And flows complaining by. 0 ye who dwell Around yon ruins, guard the precious charge From hands profane ! O save the sacred pile O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep shadowing... | |
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O'er which the wing of centuries has flown Darkly and silently, deep-shadowing all Its pristine honours — from the ruthless grasp Of future violation. 