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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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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Reprinted from the Original Editions, with ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - Fore-edge painting - 1870 - 770 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, her,0+ # Í within its cave Wh»t treasure lay so lock'd, so hid Í — A woman's grave. С Rut who was she,...
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Temples, Tombs, and Monuments of Ancient Greece and Rome ...

William Henry Davenport Adams - Architecture, Greek - 1871 - 330 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an army's battled 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. " But who was she, the lady of the dead, Tombed in a palace ? Was she chaste and fair...
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Romanism as it is: An Exposition of the Roman Catholic System, for the Use ...

Samuel Weed Barnum - 1871 - 1002 pages
...fence of stone, Such as an array's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland...eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'crthrown ; — What was this tower of strength ? within its cave What treasure lay so locked, so...
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Diary of an Idle Woman in Italy, Volume 1

Frances Elliot - Italy - 1871 - 338 pages
...detracting from, the dignity of the tomb they enshrined, standing " With half its battlements, alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity." I suppose no one ever — " In contemplative musings wrapt"— visited this monument without mental...
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Diary of an idle women in Italy, Volume 1

Frances Minto Elliot - Italy - 1871 - 334 pages
...detracting from, the dignity of the tomb they enshrined, standing " With half its battlements, alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity." I suppose no one ever — " In contemplative musings wrapt" — visited this monument without mental...
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Poems

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1872 - 776 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. a But who was she, the lady of the dead, Tomb'd in a palace ? Was...
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The Ivy, a Monograph: Comprising the History, Uses, Characteristics, and ...

Shirley Hibberd - Araliaceae - 1872 - 142 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...this tower of strength ? — within its cave What treasures lay so loek'd, so hid? — A woman's grave." 1 How striking the contrast between this and...
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The Seven Hills

James De Mille - Adventure stories - 1873 - 366 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...Within its cave What treasure lay so locked, so hid? A woman's grave. " Perchance she died in youth ; it may be, bowed With woes far heavier than the ponderous...
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The poetical works of Lord Byron: In ten volumes. ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 332 pages
...fence of stone, Snch as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its hattlements 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...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Volume 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 336 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...time o'erthrown ; — What was this tower of strength 1 within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd,so hid ? — A woman's grave. But who was she, the lady...
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