Select views in Greece : with classical illustrations. (1829)
Williams, Hugh William, 1773-1829, Cockerell, C. R. (Charles Robert), 1788-1863, Black, Adam, 1784-1874, publisher, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, publisher · London; : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, and Adam Black, Edinburgh. · leaf 25
g the mountain crest, a nations toilStretchd its colossal yet harmonious pile;Meet shrine to call a goddess from the sky,So like divine its grace and majesty !Lo ! colonnades of endless length upholdCarvd architraves, that flame with sculpture! gold.Around, the miracles of ancient artArrest the… … m Sa Si e ^ fj 1 a y ^ s *y k; g W s a 1 H g 1 0 « ■s b 3 ATHENS, FROM THE HILL OF THE MUSEUM. -On the JEgean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence; native to famous wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City…
Architecture, Greek
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