 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...dream, The crazed creation of misguided whim. BURNS. How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rotis roof! By itsown weight made steadfast and immovable ; Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 556 pages
...earth with their renown." — Washington Irvtng. " 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 ! " — Congteve.... | |
 | Augustus John Cuthbert Hare - London (England) - 1878 - 536 pages
...earth with their renown." — Washington Irving. " 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 ! " — Congreve.... | |
 | Massachusetts Historical Society - Massachusetts - 1892 - 542 pages
...all is Imsh'd antl 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 immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1880 - 676 pages
...read ; he recollected none in Sh. equal to it, — " 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; liy its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror... | |
 | Elocution - 1882 - 328 pages
...All is hushed and still as death. 'T is 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, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight. The tombs And... | |
 | Francis Thayer Russell - Elocution - 1882 - 330 pages
...All is hushed and still as death. 'Tin 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, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight. The tombs And... | |
 | Walter Thornbury - London (England) - 1879 - 604 pages
...WESTMINSTER ABBEY.— A SURVEY OF THE BUILDING. " How reverend is the face of all this 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... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1887 - 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 stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 504 pages
...the top of one of the pillars in the temple, it would not have aided the idea, but weakened it." 1 To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and unmoveable, Looking tranquillity ! — It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight."... | |
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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. 
