 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 immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight...  Chats on Writers and Books - Page 51by John N. Crawford - 1903Full view - About this book
 | Owen Williams - 1828 - 930 pages
...Well listen— Leon. Hark! Aim. No, all is hush'd, and still as deathi — 'tis dreadful! How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble beads. To bear aloft its arch and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and im moveable,... | |
 | Augustus Bozzi Granville - 1828 - 660 pages
...is hush'd and still as death I 'tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, A\Tiose ancient 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 ; the tombs... | |
 | 1828 - 560 pages
...aisle of the Temple, she thus addresses Leonora : — " How rev Vend is the face of this toll pue, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd »nd ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
 | George Pepper - 1829 - 486 pages
...while she is in the Cathedral : — " No — all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovcable ; Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe ,- And terror on my aching sight... | |
 | Edwin Llewellyn Shuman - 1910 - 268 pages
...declared by Dr. Johnson (somewhat extravagantly) to be the finest poetical passage he had ever read: — 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... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1910 - 352 pages
...recollection of a passage. The lines he had in his mind are from Congreve's ' Mourning Bride,' II, 1 : ' 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.' "... | |
 | 1884 - 820 pages
...the great cathedral on the awe-struck beholder : " All is hushed and still as death. 'Tis dreadful I How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble beads To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable,... | |
 | Cecil Ferard Armstrong - 1913 - 384 pages
...mass of English poetry," and to be finer than anything that Shakespeare ever wrote. '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 steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | John Rutledge Scott - 1915 - 694 pages
...Increasing Tremor of Fright through the last six lines. Now 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, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight! The... | |
 | John Rutledge Scott - 1915 - 692 pages
...Increasing Tremor of Fright through the last six lines. Now 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, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight! The... | |
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