 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose and love. In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - Literary Criticism - 1923 - 438 pages
...hush'd, and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; Whoso ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the... | |
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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. 
