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Herculaneum.
But where hath each spectator fled ? Oh ! where are now the hope and dread 50 That ruled by turns the anxious breast , In every speaking eye contest ? AVhy is the bold tragedian mute , And silent the melodious lute ?
Death long hath bound the countless throng , -55 The muse ' s lyre hath slumbered long ; Long hath app lause been here unknown , And banished laughter ' s merry tone .
Look on those spacious baths ! yet there rVo more assembling crowds repair CO In social talk;—still brightly gleams The gilded roof , still cedar beams Adorn the structure , still we own The towering shaft of Parian stone ; Yet ' mid the marble ' s empty caves ®~ Hygeia mourns her absent waves .
O lead me where the eye may dwell On forms , by sculpture ' s magic spell Redeemed from death ; where still can frown , Enwreathed with conquest ' s laurel crown , 70 The chief , whose arms of sinewy mould The fragment of a rock uphold , And from the meteors of whose eye A routed legion seems to fly .
AVorks of the olden time we trace , 75 Relics of Grecian art and grace ; Marble and ivory proclaim Alike Italian skill and fame . Here manly beauty decks the brow , Here dimpled cheeks delight avow , SO And o ' er the gentle features steal
The rays that sportive love reveal ; There deep solicitude is seen , And silent grief ' s undoubted mien—Fixed is the eye , and in the breast 85 Some hidden sorrow seems represt .
Nor yet hath envious age defaced The breathing forms that ZEUXIS traced ; Surviving still Time ' s awful doom , The colours of P ARRHASIUS bloom , 90 Sketched on the wall with skilful care , The pencilled figure still is there ; Presenting still its glowing hue
, Each faultless limb attracts the view ; Still decked in smiles each feature seems , 95 Still darts the eye its sparkling beams . And ye , amidst tbe wreck , secured . Too long in darkest nig ht immured ,
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Herculaneum.
But where hath each spectator fled ? Oh ! where are now the hope and dread 50 That ruled by turns the anxious breast , In every speaking eye contest ? AVhy is the bold tragedian mute , And silent the melodious lute ?
Death long hath bound the countless throng , -55 The muse ' s lyre hath slumbered long ; Long hath app lause been here unknown , And banished laughter ' s merry tone .
Look on those spacious baths ! yet there rVo more assembling crowds repair CO In social talk;—still brightly gleams The gilded roof , still cedar beams Adorn the structure , still we own The towering shaft of Parian stone ; Yet ' mid the marble ' s empty caves ®~ Hygeia mourns her absent waves .
O lead me where the eye may dwell On forms , by sculpture ' s magic spell Redeemed from death ; where still can frown , Enwreathed with conquest ' s laurel crown , 70 The chief , whose arms of sinewy mould The fragment of a rock uphold , And from the meteors of whose eye A routed legion seems to fly .
AVorks of the olden time we trace , 75 Relics of Grecian art and grace ; Marble and ivory proclaim Alike Italian skill and fame . Here manly beauty decks the brow , Here dimpled cheeks delight avow , SO And o ' er the gentle features steal
The rays that sportive love reveal ; There deep solicitude is seen , And silent grief ' s undoubted mien—Fixed is the eye , and in the breast 85 Some hidden sorrow seems represt .
Nor yet hath envious age defaced The breathing forms that ZEUXIS traced ; Surviving still Time ' s awful doom , The colours of P ARRHASIUS bloom , 90 Sketched on the wall with skilful care , The pencilled figure still is there ; Presenting still its glowing hue
, Each faultless limb attracts the view ; Still decked in smiles each feature seems , 95 Still darts the eye its sparkling beams . And ye , amidst tbe wreck , secured . Too long in darkest nig ht immured ,