Evanus: a Tale of the Days of ConstantineA.R. Mowbray & Company, 1872 - 252 Seiten |
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Seite 165 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye oceans, roll, Till like a sea of glory It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our
Seite 163 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye oceans, roll, Till like a sea of glory It spreads from pole to pole; Till o'er our
Seite 55 - tis thine alone, with awful sway To rule mankind, and make the world obey; Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way ; To tame the proud, the fettered slave to free ; These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.—Dryden.
Seite 165 - nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign. a
Seite 163 - nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign. CHAPTER
Seite 55 - THE ROMANS Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes ; pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subjectis,
Seite 196 - Cease, ye tearful mourners, Thus your hearts to rend; Death is life's beginning Rather than its end. What though to corruption We this body give
Seite 210 - between the Alps and the Po not only acknowledged the power, but embraced with zeal the party of Constantine.
Seite 196 - all its senses Re-awake and live. Soon shall life revisit These poor bones again, And the blood be flowing Through each tingling vein. And from its corruption
Seite 221 - deep, and the regular distance of three feet was left between the files, as well as