 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1859 - 586 pagina’s
...keep his memory whole, and mummy hid ; But somebody or other rummaging Burglarously broke his coIfin's lid : Let not a monument give you or me hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops. THE SHIPWRECK. The wind Increased at night, until it blew a gale ; And though 'twas not much to a naval... | |
 | 1851 - 574 pagina’s
...and the savans, and, with a smile at the vanity of the royal founder of the first Pyramid, say — " Let not a monument give you or me hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops." BURFORD'S PANORAMA, Leicester-square. — This, the first and oldest of a numerous race, has not suffered... | |
 | Fergus Ferguson - 1864 - 408 pagina’s
...Peterhead, wrought at Aberdeen." But no trace remains of the royal founder's bones. Hence the couplet : " Let not a monument give you or me hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops." I had determined to enter the second pyramid, because its interior is seldom visited by travellers,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1865 - 480 pagina’s
...first pyramid And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole, and mummy Ui'l ; But somebody or other rummaging Burglariously broke...hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops. ccxx. But I being fond of true philosophy, Say very often to myself, " Alas ! All things that have... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pagina’s
...King Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole, and mummy hid ; But somebody or other rummaging...or me hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheopn. THE SHIPWRECK. THE wind Increased at night, until it blew a gale ; And though ttwas not much... | |
 | Norman Macleod - 1866 - 422 pagina’s
...Shepherd " has packed any soda water or pale ale for lunch, for it is very hot ; or mutters with Byron, " Let not a monument give you or me hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops ! " It is, after all, very humiliating to think how a slight pain in foot or head, a disagreeable argument,... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 pagina’s
...first pyramid And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole, and mummy bid: But somebody or other rummaging, Burglariously broke...hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops. ccxx. But I, being fond of true philosophy, Say very often to myself, " Alas ! All things that have... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 pagina’s
...And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole, and mummy hid ; But somebody "r ould ne'er be his. Ah, happy she I to 'scape from...been pollution unto aught so chaste ; Who soon had ccxx. But I, being fond of true philosophy, Say very often to myself, ' Alas 1 All tilings that have... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 770 pagina’s
...king Cheops erected the first pyramid, And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory n ccxx. But I. being fond of trae philosophy, Say very often to myself, ' Alas ! All things that have... | |
 | William George Hamley - 1871 - 354 pagina’s
...king Cheops erected the first pyramid And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole and mummy hid ; But somebody or other rummaging,...hopes, Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops." In truth it is highly probable that not one pinch of dust does remain of Cheops. As regards his mummy,... | |
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What are the hopes of man? Old Egypt's king Cheops erected the first pyramid, And largest, thinking it was just the thing To keep his memory whole, and mummy hid; But somebody or other, rummaging, Burglariously broke his coffin's lid: Let not a monument... 
