 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Authors, English - 1823 - 446 pages
...is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful '. How reverend is the face of this tall pile; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Readers - 1824 - 348 pages
...Awe and Fear. NOW, all is hush'd and still as deathHow, reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, 15y its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes un awe And a terror... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 398 pages
...And then he burst out with his usual warmth : " ' How reverend is the face of thi* tall pile, ' Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, ' To bear...arch'd and pond'rous roof, • By its own weight made stedfast and immoveaUe, ' Looking tranquillity !' " (a) " I allow all this," said Tremaine, " and have... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 394 pages
...then he burst out with his usual warmth : " • How reverend is the face of this tall pile, ' Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, • To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, 4 By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, ' Looking tranquillity!' " (a) " I allow all this,"... | |
 | John Benjamin Seely - Ellora (India) - 1825 - 676 pages
...beautiful chapel. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their rocky heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable ! Looking tranquillity, it strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight." Length... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...is hush'd and still as death. — Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 674 pages
...is hush'd and still as death. — Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveablc. Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | John Arliss - 1825 - 382 pages
...he merry and free. LINLITHGOW PALACE, SCOTLAND. " How reverend 19 the face of this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roofs, By m own weight m nle steittast and immoveahle ; Looking tranquillity.'' llNLITHGOW,... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 492 pages
...noble cathedral is delineated in a masterly manner. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an... | |
 | Paul Ponder (pseud.) - 1825 - 524 pages
...noble cathedral is delineated in a masterly manner. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an... | |
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Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. 
