 But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing like to thee — Worthiest of God, the holy and the true. Since Zion's desolation, when that He Forsook His former city, what could be, Of earthly structures, in His honour piled,...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage, a romaunt - Page 149by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1826Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1856 - 376 pages
...sun, and have survey'd Its sanctuary the while the usurping Moslem pray'd; CLIV. But thou, of temples old, or" altars new, Standest alone — with nothing...when that He Forsook his former city, what could be, 1 The castle of St. Angelo. See " Historical Illustrations." 8 This and the six next stanzas have a... | |
 | Edward Young - 1856 - 556 pages
...exquisite emotions of sublimity and beauty. Of it, Byron has thus written, " But tiion, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing...— Worthiest of God, the holy and the true. Since Zlon's desolation, -when that He Forsook his former city, what could be, Of earthly structures in his... | |
 | Ferdinand De Wilton Ward - Europe - 1856 - 340 pages
...Lord Byron. How elegant his " apostrophe !" " Worthiest of God, the Holy and the True, Since Sion's desolation, when that He Forsook His former city, what could be, Of earthly structures, in His honor piled, Of a suhlimer aspect ? Majesty, Poaer, Olary, Strength, and Beauty — all are aisled... | |
 | John Francis Maguire - Papal States - 1858 - 500 pages
...And in this noble apostrophe does the Gliilde. pour forth his admiration : — " But thou, of temples old, or altars new, . Standest alone — with nothing...— all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship undefiled. Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why? It is not lessened; but thy mind, Expanded... | |
 | Axel Herman Hägg - 1885 - 40 pages
...for , whom, by the way, 1 in vain search in the fp aisles of Westminster — 3 " But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing...beauty, all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship undefined." k ^: And possibly a time will come when these IT, Tf (! words, applied to St. Peter's great... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1885 - 288 pages
...sun, and have survey'd Its sanctuary the while the usurping Moslem pray'd ; CLIV. But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone, with nothing like...Majesty, Power, Glory, Strength, and Beauty all are Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...Moslem pray'd. But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing like to thec — Worthiest of God the Holy and the True : Since Zion's...Beauty, all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship undefiled. Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; And why ? It is not lessened ; but thy mind,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1885 - 176 pages
...sun, and have surveyed Its sanctuary the while the usurping Moslem prayed; CLIV. But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone — with nothing...city, what could be, Of earthly structures, in his honor piled, Of a sublimer aspect ? Majesty, Power, Glory, Strength, and Beauty, all are aisled In... | |
 | Episcopal Church. Diocese of Virginia - Virginia - 1885 - 216 pages
...Of them it may be said with more truth than Byron said of St. Peter's at Home, — "Thou, of temples old or altars new, Standest alone, with nothing like...thee, — Worthiest of God, the Holy and the True." The pulpit was a plank nailed to two trees ; the seats were unhewn logs. The congregation numbered... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - Italian literature - 1885 - 360 pages
...sun, and have survey'd Its sanctuary the while the usurping Moslem pray'd ; 154. But thou, of temples old, or altars new, Standest alone, with nothing like...thee — Worthiest of God, the holy and the true. 1380 Since Zion's desolation, when that He Forsook his former city, what could be, Of earthly structures,... | |
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