 Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen— Leon. Hark! Aim No, 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...  Lives of the English Poets: Smith-Savage - Page 230by Samuel Johnson - 1905Full view - About this book
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, nship and love. In spite of difference of soil and...language and manners, of laws and customs, in spite steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, 1 Cf. Gayley, p. 238. nted sally produced a roar of applause. After all, however, those w steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ;... | |
 | John Ker Spittal - 1923 - 436 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 pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedf ast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity I 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 its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | Edmund Gosse - Dramatists, English - 1924 - 204 pages
...the face of this tall pile. Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof. By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Looking tranquillity I It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, 1 Cf. Gayley, p. 338. nobile leige ! the trulie brave Wylle val'rous actions prize ; Res steadfast and immoveablc, Looking tranquillity IH strik.es an awe And terror on my aching sight : the... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Theater - 1969 - 836 pages
...all is 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... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - Great Britain - 744 pages
...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 its arch,d and pond,rous roof, By its own weight made lied fall and immoveable,, Looking tranquillity l It ftrikes... | |
 | Howard Anderson - Aesthetics - 1967 - 429 pages
...No, 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...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedf ast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the... | |
 | John Palmer (Jun.) - Fiction - 2005 - 208 pages
...this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft it's arch'd and pondrous roof! By its own weight made stedfast, and immoveable....Looking tranquillity, it strikes an awe And terror to my aking sight! The tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling... | |
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