The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes |
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Such was the scene that mimic stage
Of Athens and her hills portray'd;
Athens, in her first, youthful age,
Ere yet the simple violet braid ,
Which then adorn'd her, had shone down
The glory of earth's loftiest crown.
While yet undream'd, her seeds of Art
Lay sleeping in the marble mine—
Sleeping till Genius bade them start
To all but life, in shapes divine;
Till deified the quarry shone
And all Olympus stood in stone!
Of Athens and her hills portray'd;
Athens, in her first, youthful age,
Ere yet the simple violet braid ,
Which then adorn'd her, had shone down
The glory of earth's loftiest crown.
While yet undream'd, her seeds of Art
Lay sleeping in the marble mine—
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To all but life, in shapes divine;
Till deified the quarry shone
And all Olympus stood in stone!
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