The secluded character of its scenery early marked it as the more peculiar retreat of holiness, and at this day, the scattered, but venerable remains of the Abbeys, that repose in its depths, the gloomy scenes of ancient and religious grandeur, strike... The Emerald Isle; a Poem - Page 81by Miss Kinsley - 1846 - 99 pagesFull view - About this book
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...more peculiar retreat of holiness; and at this day the scattered but venerable remains of the abbies that repose in its depths, the gloomy scenes of ancient and religious grandeur strike the eye of the traveller with inexpressible reverence, and if not forming the most witching associations of... | |
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