The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With... Poems: Now First Collected - Page 218by Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Henry (novelist.) - 1881 - 312 pages
...disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say, A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it scorn' cl of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon... | |
| William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1882 - 520 pages
...mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth Far sinking into splendour— without end! Fabric...of gold, "With alabaster domes, and silver spires, round Hath not completed since pur dame, the queen ' And blazing terrace upon terrace. high Of this... | |
| Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self- withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end...towers begirt With battlements that on their restless fronta Bore stars — illumination of all gems ! By earthly nature had the effect been wrought Upon... | |
| 1884 - 502 pages
...mighty city— boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end...towers begirt With battlements, that on their restless fronte Bore stars — illumination of all gems ! By earthly nature had the effect been wrought Upon... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - Opium abuse - 1886 - 320 pages
...disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seem'd of diamond, and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace,... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - Drug addicts - 1886 - 296 pages
...disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seem'd of diamond, and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace,... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1888 - 876 pages
...building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth Far sinking into splendour, without eiul ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster...pavilions bright In avenues disposed; there, towers begirt XVith battlements, that on their restless fronts Bore stars — illumination of all gems ! Uy earthly... | |
| Thomas De Quincey - Opium abuse - 1888 - 296 pages
...disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seem'd of diamond, and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace,... | |
| John Ruskin - 1889 - 712 pages
...boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far-sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seemed...silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Upli'ed ; here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed ; there, towers begirt With battlements... | |
| William Wordsworth, John Morley - 1889 - 1152 pages
...— boldly say A <rilderne(s of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, f « sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, ^ith alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Lphfted; here, serene... | |
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