 | John Galt - Actors - 1831 - 336 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, • Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight ; the tombs... | |
 | John Galt - Actors - 1831 - 332 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, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight ; the tombs And... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...the eyes are from the cars. — Thales. f -~ 414 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... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie - 1834 - 502 pages
...of examining the parts of which it is composed. " 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." The length... | |
 | Eneas Mackenzie, Marvin Ross - Durham (England : County) - 1834 - 486 pages
...of examining the parts of which it is composed. " 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." The length... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 346 pages
...intermixture of moral notions ( 2 ), which (1) [" How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...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.... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1835 - 348 pages
...any intermixture of moral notions (2), which (1) [" How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...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.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1835 - 158 pages
...manner in which he has heretofore been directed. 752. 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... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 - 1836 - 328 pages
...All it hush'd, 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, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1836 - 746 pages
...then he burst out with his usual warmth : — " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, \Vhose 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*." " I allow all... | |
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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. 
