 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 760 pages
...is hush'd, and still as death — 'tis dreadful I 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 steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity 1 It strikes an... | |
 | Georgina E. Troutbeck - London (England) - 1900 - 336 pages
...KLEANOR OF CASTIL CHAPTER V THE SACRARIUM AND CHOIR " 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 steadfast and immovable Looking tranquillity 1 " IF any visitor,... | |
 | Westminster Abbey - Cathedrals - 1901 - 158 pages
...All is hush'd and still as death.— 'Tfs dreadful! How reverend is the face of thia tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and Immoveable, Looking tranquillity I It3 strikes... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 512 pages
...all 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 steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an... | |
 | John N. Crawford - Authors, English - 1903 - 442 pages
...had ever read. It is a description of a temple. 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1905 - 456 pages
...' John. Misc. and so may have a finer piece than i. 1 86. a man who has ten thousand pounds : 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Hebrides (Scotland) - 1852
...MALONE. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heada, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and unmoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight."... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1909 - 572 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 steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
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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. 
