 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pàgines
...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...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquility. It... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 pàgines
...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...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquil t ,. It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pàgines
...vaulted isle; We'll listen— LlOXORA. Hark! No, all is husVd, and still at death — Tis dreadful 1 How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight rr.ade stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity!... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 434 pàgines
...awful structure in the following lines : No, all is hush'd, and still as death! — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its 'arch "d and pond'rous roof, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight... | |
 | Charles Fothergill (of Salisbury.) - 1803 - 342 pàgines
...Congreve forcibly struck my recollection, where he says——— " . "Tis dreadful ! " How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, " Whose ancient pillars...pond'rous roof! " By its own weight made stedfast and immoveablc. " Looking tranquillity, it strikes an awe " And terror to my aching sight ! The tombs,... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 pàgines
...vaulted aisle. We'll listen Jjon. Hark ! Aim. No, all is hushed, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and ¡mmoveable, Looking tranquillity. It... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 pàgines
...church, is finely described by Congreve : No, all is hush'd, and still as death ;.... 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...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... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 pàgines
...Leon. Hark ! Mm. No, all is hushed, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the race 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. It... | |
 | John Jackson - 1805 - 308 pàgines
...Cathedral. OESCRIPTJON DESCRIPTION . OF THE STATUES, MONUMENTS, &c. OF THE CATHEDRAL OF LICHFIELD*. " How reverend is the face of this tall Pile, Whose...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof! By its own weight rnade stedfast and immoveable. Looking Tranquilhty, —... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pàgines
...No — all is hush'd, and still as death — 'Tis dreadful ! How rev 'rend is the face of this tail pile. Whose 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... | |
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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 chillness to my trembling heart. 
