 | John Matthews Manly - 1916 - 792 páginas
...heaven-descended » Clio, 'u- ""-- of history THOMAS WARTON (1728-1790) SONNET IV WRITTEN AT STONEHENGE atthews plain1 Pendragon* bore, Huge frame of giant-hands, the mighty pile, T'entomb his Britons slain by Hengist's3... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - 1918 - 364 páginas
...barren are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers. SONNET WRITTEN AT STONEHENGE Thou noblest monument of Albion's isle ! Whether by...Amber's fatal plain Pendragon bore, Huge frame of giant-hands, the mighty pile, T' entomb his Britons slain by Hengist's guile: Or Druid priests, sprinkled... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879
...angels taken, Round His bright throne resplendent thou dost shine. FROM WINCHESTER TO STONEHENGE. IV. " Thou noblest monument of Albion's isle ! Whether by...aid* from Scythia's shore, To Amber's fatal plain Pendragon-j- bore, Huge frame of giant-hands, the mighty pile, # * * * Or Druid priests, sprinkled... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1875
...So now entombed lies at Stoneheng by the heath." The following sonnet is by Dr. Thomas Warton : — Thou noblest monument of Albion's isle, Whether by...Amber's fatal plain, Pendragon bore, Huge frame of giant hands the mighty pile, T'entomb his Britons, slain by Hengist's guile : Or Druid priests, sprinkled... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 331 páginas
...are the winding ways Of hoar Antiquity, but strewn with flowers." Sonnet. Written at Stonehenge. " Thou noblest monument of Albion's isle, Whether, by Merlin's aid, from Scythia's shore To Amber's fiitnl plain Pendragon bore, Huge frame of giant hands, the mighty pile, T' entomb his Britons slain... | |
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Taught mid thy massy maze their mystic lore: Or Danish chiefs, enrich'd with savage spoil, To victory's idol vast, an unhewn shrine... 
