 | Thomas Davies - Theater - 1969 - 883 pages
...hush'd. a:ul 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 pond'rous roofj. Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - Great Britain
...is hufh,d, and flill z: death. — ,Tin dreadfull How reverend is the face of this tall pile; Whofa ancient pillars rear their marble heads. To bear aloft...arch,d and pond,rous roof, By its own weight made lied fall and immoveable,, Looking tranquillity l It ftrikes an awe And terror on my aching fight ;... | |
 | Lawrence Lipking - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 384 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... | |
 | Howard Anderson - Aesthetics, British - 1999 - 419 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 stedf ast and immoveable, 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. 
