 I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history; And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lie...  The Patrician - Page 220edited by - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...eouldst bear away The thoughts that burden my weary day ! Hoffman's Poems, RUINS. I do love these aneient ruins: We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some rev'rend history ; And questionless, here in this open eourt, Whieh now lies naked to the injuries... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1857 - 444 pages
...fathers worshipped ? All things resolve in custom — we'll keep ours. Old Play. (6.) — CHAP. xxv. 1 do love these ancient ruins ! We never tread upon...them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history, And questionless, here in this open court, (Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather,)... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1857 - 372 pages
...for our way, While the jolly old landlord said " Nothing's to pay." Lilliput, a Poem. CHAP. XXV. I do love these ancient ruins ! We never tread upon...them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history, And, questionless, here, in this open court, (Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather,)... | |
 | John Webster - English drama - 1857 - 300 pages
...plain in the distinction of our words, That many have suppos'd it is a spirit That answers. Ant. I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history : And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 pages
...the flush'd cheek what thoughts were in her heart, How her heart died within her. SOUTHEY. RCINS. I do love these ancient ruins: We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history : And questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather,... | |
 | Edward McDermott (of Camberwell, Eng.?) - England - 1859 - 224 pages
...abbeys; and Nature kindly clothes them with the mantling ivy, to protect them in their green old age. I do love these ancient ruins : We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some rev'rend history; And questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of... | |
 | John Webster, Alexander Dyce - 1859 - 424 pages
...our words, That many have suppos'd it is a spirit That answers. Ant. 1 do love these ancient mins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history : And, questionless, here in this open court, Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 414 pages
...my master some short time syne, wha will be the fule then?" VOL. xxv. CHAPTEE THE TWENTY-FIFTH. I Jo love these ancient ruins — We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history ; And, questionless, here, in this open court (Which now lies naked to the injuries Of stormy weather),... | |
 | George Walter Thornbury - 1861 - 340 pages
...murderer, fell the curse of St. George's Well. 87 THE MONEY BANKS FIELD. A TALE FOUNDED ON FACT. I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history. WEBSTER'S Duchess of Malfy. IT is now full thirty summers since, as a young artist, I spent some months... | |
 | John M'Arthur - Arran, Island of (Scotland) - 1861 - 236 pages
...the former bed of the Lamlash stream, a few yards from the site of the old building. CHAPTER III. " I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them, but we set Our foot upon some reverend history." THE introduction of Christianity into Britain was even more important in its results than the diffusion... | |
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