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" There is a stern round tower of other days, Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone. Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave... "
The Bhilsa Topes: Or, Buddhist Monuments of Central India - Page 185
by Sir Alexander Cunningham - 1854 - 370 pages
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Memories of Rome

Denis O'Donovan - Rome (Italy) - 1859 - 350 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland...of strength ? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid ? A woman's grave. But who was she, the lady of the dead, Tomb'd in a palace ? Was she...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1860 - 76 pages
...an army's haffled strength delays. Standing with half its hattloments alone, And with two thonsand years of ivy grown. The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all hy time o'erthrown i — What was this tower of strength ? within its eave [grave, at treasnre lay...
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The poetical works of lord Byron, with illustr. by K. Halswelle

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861 - 734 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland...of strength? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid? — A woman's grave. c. But who was she, the )ady of the dead, Tomb'd in a palace?...
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The Congregational Review, Volume 1

Congregationalism - 1861 - 636 pages
...fortress — " Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown. The garland...wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown." He turns to his " Murray " to know what so unique an antique may be, and it answers — " The tomb...
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The Boston Review, Volume 1

English language - 1861 - 634 pages
...fortress — " Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown. The garland...wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown." He turns to his " Murray " to know what so unique an antique may be, and it answers — " The tomb...
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The Works of Lord Byron: Embracing His Suppressed Poems, and a Sketch of His ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1154 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays. Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown. The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over ah oy time o'erthrown ;— What was this tower of strength ? within its c«v< What treasure lay so...
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A History of the Romans Under the Emperors

Dawson Massy - Emperors - 1863 - 522 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an enemy's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown — The garland of Eternity, where waves The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown. What was this tower of strength ? Within its cave...
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Poetical Works, Volume 4

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 402 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland...its cave What treasure lay so locked, so hid ? — A woman's grave. 0. But who was she, the lady of the dead, Tombed in a palace ? Was she chaste and fair...
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Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1866 - 802 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland...of strength ? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid ? — A woman's grave. 0. But who was she, the lady of the dead, Tomb'd in a palace...
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Childe Harold's pilgrimage, with a memoir by W. Spalding

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1866 - 204 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland...wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — 4 What was this tower of strength? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid? — A...
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