 | Samuel Johnson - 1835 - 472 страници
...through hollows of this vaulted aisle : We'll listen — Leonora. Hark! Almerta. No, all is hnsh'd and still as death.— 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pite, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1836 - 328 страници
...step of Bel's false priest, track'd in his fane of old.2 i [" All it hush'd, and still as death—'tin dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile,...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight. The... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 752 страници
...transient wind Whiallins through hollows of this vaulted aiale : We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. the latter part of life, Young was fond of holding...forgotten that the same verse which contains "oblitus m pond'rnus roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveablc, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff, Heinrich Döring - 1837 - 258 страници
...Johnson, contain the most poetical description in the English language." " Now all is hush'd and Btill as death ! 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, \Vhose ancient pillars rear their marble heads. To bear aloft its arch'd and pund'rous roof, Looking... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 308 страници
...this vaulted aisle. We'll listen. Leonora. Hark ! Almeria. No, all is hushed and still as death. "Pis dreadful. How reverend is the face of this tall pile,...pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | Walter Matthew Gallichan - 1903 - 320 страници
...suicides. A number of despairing persons have thrown themselves from its summit. CHAPTER V The Cathedral ' 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 steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity.' —... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 522 страници
...the interior of a cathedral : — ALMERIA : " No, all is hush'd and still as death— 'Tis dreadful I 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 steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | 1905 - 274 страници
...and mountain love inspires the theme, And earth and heaven repeat the strain of love. THE CATHEDRAL. How reverend is 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 steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 456 страници
...transient wind Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted isle : We'll listen. LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd, and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; continues : — ' Not wittier than Con- but then he has only one ten-guinea greve, &c., but with... | |
 | Banister Fletcher, Sir Banister Fletcher - 1905 - 804 страници
..."Harrison (F.).— " Theophano." (Historical Novel). FRENCH ROMANESQUE. " How reverend is the face of Ihis tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast 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. 
