 | Alexander Pope, William Charles Macready - 1849 - 646 pages
...the shame !) Stemm'd the wild torrent of a barbarous age, And drove those holy Vandals off the stage. But see ! each Muse, in LEO'S golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays, Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1849 - 446 pages
...mind. " Behold! each Muse, : n Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd buys. Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. With sweeter notes each rising temple rung; A Kaphael painted, and a A r ida sung."... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1850 - 458 pages
...sciences, bring himself a man of taste. For this he has been often celebrated, and by Pope in particular: " But see ! each Muse in Leo's golden days, Starts from...bays ; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, ShakesofTthe dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister arts revive ; Stones... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 428 pages
...human mind. " Behold ! each Muse, in Leo's golden daya, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays. Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. With sweeter notes each rising temple rung ; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung." The... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 474 pages
...human mind. " Behold ! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays. Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. With sweeter notes each rising temple rung ; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung." The... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Ethics - 1850 - 420 pages
...and, mindful of his past glory, began to resume his ancient dominion over the human mind. " Behold ! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays. Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reVrend... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1851 - 628 pages
...stage. But see ! each muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd hays ; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head. 709 Then sculpture and her sister-arts revive ; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks hegan to live ; With... | |
 | Bombay (India : State). Board of Education - Education - 1851 - 768 pages
...for what were 3 they respectively celebrated ? and in what language did each of them write ? (10) " But see ! each Muse in Leo's golden days Starts from her trance, and trims her ivifher'd lays ; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...numerous enlightened men; and Leo X., about 1513, gave vast encouragement to literature and the arts : " But see ! each Muse in Leo's golden days Starts from her trance, and trims her wither' d bays ; Rome's ancient genius, o'er its nuns spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'... | |
 | James Dennistoun - Renaissance - 1851 - 534 pages
...his official charge of the antique monuments remains in an eloquent report to the Pope, in which, " Rome's ancient genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears its reverend head." Its authorship has given rise to some controversy, and it seems not unlikely that... | |
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Shakes off the dust, and rears his reverend head. Then sculpture and her sister-arts revive ; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung. 
