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appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end !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
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1856 - 556 pages
...mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far, And self withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end...here serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed ; their towers begirt With battlements that on their restless fronts Bore stars : — illumination... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 436 pages
...self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seem'd of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes and silver...Uplifted : here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues dispos'd ; there, towers begirt With battlements that on their restless fronts Bore stars — illumination... | |
| William Wordsworth - Bookbinding - 1858 - 550 pages
...self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seem'd of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes and silver...disposed ; there, towers begirt With battlements, that on theic restless front* Bore stars — illumination of all gems ! By earthly nature had the eflect been... | |
| George MacDonald - 1858 - 352 pages
...the fountain floated me into oblivion. XL A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour...spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted. WOBDS-VVOBTH. Bur when, after a sleep, which, although dreamless, yet left behind it a sense of past... | |
| George MacDonald - History - 1858 - 340 pages
...building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour—without end! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With...spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted. WORDSWORTH. Bur when, after a sleep, which, although dreamless, yet left behind it a sense of past... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1859 - 552 pages
...Wilderness of building, sinking far, And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of Gold,...spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted : hore, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed; there, towers begirt With battlements, that on... | |
| William Hone - 1859 - 882 pages
...self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth I .11 sinking into splendour, without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond und of gold, With alabaster domes and silver spires. And...blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted ; here, sereue pavilions bright In avenues disposed; there, towers begirt With battlements, that on their restless... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1861 - 662 pages
...mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building — sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end...silver spires ; And blazing terrace upon terrace, nigh Uplifted ; here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed ; there, towers begirt With battlements,... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far, And self-withdrawn sufficient ; for he that U so, want« nothing. The...within our reach ; but we shut our eyes, and, like blnzing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted : here, serene pavilions bright In avenues disposed : there,... | |
| John Bunyan - 1862 - 886 pages
...sinking far, Aud self-withdrawn iuto a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendour without end 1 1'abric rogs lerriice upon terrace, high 1'plifted: here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed ; there,... | |
| |