 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 492 pages
...Almería. No, all is bush'd, and siill as death.— Т is dreadful! Hovr reverend is the face of this taH 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... | |
 | Biography - 1813 - 536 pages
...We-ll listen LEoN. Hark ! ALM. No, all is bush-d, and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars...arch'd and pond-rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe t And terror on my aching sight... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 538 pages
...We'll listen LEON. Hark ! ALM. No, all is hush'd, and still as deafh.— Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars...bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own \yeight made steadfast and immovcable, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - English drama - 1815 - 450 pages
...We'll listen Lew. Hark! Aim. No, all is husli'd, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How rev'reud is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch and pondVous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...Leo. Let us re.turn, theljiorror of this place And silence, wiH increase your melancholy. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient, pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft it's areh'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovcabl^, Looking tranquillity..... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...king did when he made a lord. § 89. Description of an ancient Cathedral. CONGREVE. Tis dreadful : How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile Whose ancient...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable! Looking tranquillity ; it strikes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 504 pages
...— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. 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 and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an... | |
 | John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...7* DISSENTERS. solemnity. To use the language of Congreve, in his Mourning Bride : — How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble head, To bear aloft its arch'd and pnnd'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovoahle,... | |
 | Pierce Egan - Bath (England) - 1819 - 398 pages
...evidently intended for figures ; at present, however, they have no tenants." 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars...its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Looking tranquilly, it strikes an awe And terror to my aching right ! The tombs And monumental cases of death... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1819 - 376 pages
...listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd and still as death — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile* Whose ancient pillars...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And' terror on my aching sight ;... | |
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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. 
