 | 1845 - 606 pagina’s
...poets, Mr. Hunt seeks to gather around him such readers as will gladly listen to some strains of " the dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule our spirits from their urns." He would aid them, too, by the results of some of his theoretical inquiries, which he offers in answer... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1845 - 558 pagina’s
...till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns. — 'T was such a night ! 'T is strange that I recall it at this time ; But I have found our thoughts... | |
 | 1845 - 648 pagina’s
...until the place ' Became religion, and the heart ran oe'r With silent worship of the greut of old, The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.' " But eating is also a part of an existence in Rome, and the trattorias and cafés form one of the... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1845 - 230 pagina’s
...until the place " Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns." On my way out, I stopped to talk with the sentinel at the entrance, stationed there to protect visitors... | |
 | 1883 - 798 pagina’s
...The ruins are beautifully carved, and speak in high praise of those masters of architectural skill, " the dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule our spirits from their urns." All this wonderful skill and art was devoured by fire in 1289. It was shortly restored again, but afterwards... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1845 - 604 pagina’s
...poets, Mr. Hunt seeks to gather around him such readers as will gladly listen to some strains of " the dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule our spirits from their urns." He would aid them, too, by the result! of some of his theoretical inquiries, which he offers in answer... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1845 - 500 pagina’s
...under the groves of golden Italy, and in quaint dialogue or fine pantomime conversing with the past. The " dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule our spirits from their urns," appear at his spell, and range themselves around him. Pericles, the Jupiter of Athens, stands with... | |
 | University magazine - 1845 - 772 pagina’s
...poets, Mr. Hunt seeks to gather around him such readers as will gladly listen to some strains of " the dead but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule our spirits from their urns." He would aid them, too, by the results of some of his theoretical inquiries, which he offers in answer... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - 1845 - 240 pagina’s
...not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great and old ! The dead but sceptred sovereigns who still rule Our spirits from their ruins." Truly yours. LETTER XXIX. Ruins and Epitaphs in Rome. ROME, April, 1843. DEAR. E. — To-day... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1846 - 508 pagina’s
...under the groves of golden Italy, and in quaint dialogue or fine pantomimic conversing with the past. The " dead, but sceptred sovereigns who still rule our spirits from their urns," appear at his spell, and range themselves around him. Pericles, the Jupiter of Athens, stands with... | |
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twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still... 
