| Augustus Bozzi Granville - Europe - 1828 - 670 pages
...constituting, according to Dr. Johnson's opinion, the most poetical description in the English language. v "No, all is hush'd and still as death ! 'tis dreadful...rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'ruus roof, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs... | |
| 1828 - 332 pages
...shaded cloisters, create a solemnity of thought and feeling peculiarly adapted to such an occasion. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! CONGUEVE. Contemplating this interesting object, whose... | |
| Augustus Bozzi Granville - Europe - 1828 - 660 pages
...opinion, the most poetical description in the English language. " No, all is hush'd and still as death 1 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall...rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And... | |
| Owen Williams - English drama - 1828 - 926 pages
...We'll listen— Leon. Hark! Aim. No, all is hush'd, and still as death— 'tis dreadful! How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes... | |
| Owen Williams - English drama - 1828 - 930 pages
...Well listen— Leon. Hark! Aim. No, all is hush'd, and still as deathi — 'tis dreadful! How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble beads. To bear aloft its arch and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and im moveable,... | |
| Hunting - 1828 - 560 pages
...aisle of the Temple, she thus addresses Leonora : — " How rev Vend is the face of this toll pue, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd »nd ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
| Augustus Bozzi Granville - Europe - 1828 - 660 pages
...is hush'd and still as death I 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, A\Tiose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs... | |
| George Pepper - Ireland - 1829 - 486 pages
...prefer to the exclamation of .limit-in, in the ' Mpurning Brute,' while she is in the Cathedral : — " No — all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovcable ; Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe ,- And terror on my aching sight... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 pages
...himself, remains immovable, and smiles at the madness of the dance about him ! Drydea. How revered is the face of this tall pile. Whose ancient pillars...rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Congrew. Immovably firm to their duty,... | |
| Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...isJu. We'll Helen—- • Lean. Hark!— А/ ¡л. No, all ¡a hushed, and still as death.— 'Tia dreadful. " How reverend is the face of this tall...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and pond'rous roof; By its own weight made btedfast and ¡mmoveable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
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