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. The Sonning parish magazine1869Full view - About this book
| William Congreve - 1912 - 482 pages
...all is hushed, and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! How reverend is the jace of this tall pile, sc Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To...own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death... | |
| Methodist Church - 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 - Literary Criticism - 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...ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental... | |
| John Rutledge Scott - Elocution - 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...heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight! The tombs And monumental caves... | |
| 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...heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight! The tombs And monumental caves... | |
| Leland Todd Powers - Communication - 1916 - 172 pages
...Orotund. 1. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds. 2. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental... | |
| John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...vaulted aisle: We'll listen — Leo. Hark! Aim. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! eserver, carrying everywhere with him relationship...love. In spite of difference of soil and climate, of l arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
| English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...aisle : We'll listen — Leo. Hark! Aim. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! ive me, Unity itself divided by Zero will give Infinity. Make thy claim of wages a zero, t 1 Cf. Gayley, p. 238. To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast... | |
| John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, 1 Cf. Gayley, p. 238. To bear aloft its arch'd r of applause. After all, however, those who admire the rude grandeur of nat tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of... | |
| Charles Whibley - English literature - 1919 - 594 pages
...all is hushed, and still as death. "Tis dreadful ! How severed is the face of this tall pile, Where ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental cares of... | |
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