 Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted aisle : Well 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 rear their marble heads, To bear aloft...  Works - Pàgina 161per Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1838Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Bell - 1791 - 294 pàgines
...wind Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen Leon. Hark! Aim. No, all is hush'd, and still as death — 'tis dreadful! How reverend...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquility. It strikes an awe And terror on my aking sight ; the... | |
 | John Bell - 1797 - 462 pàgines
...wind Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen Leon. Hark! Aim. No, all is hush'd, and still as death— 'tis dreadful! How reverend...arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquil t ,. It strikes an awe And terror on my aking sight ; the... | |
 | Arthur Murphy - 1801 - 434 pàgines
...ia enters the temple, and describes that awful structure in the following lines : No, all is hush'd, and still as death! — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend...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... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 pàgines
...adoramus. The same effect in a Gothic church, is finely described by Congreve : No, all is hush'd, and still as death ;.... 'tis dreadful ! How reverend...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... | |
 | 1804 - 516 pàgines
...wind Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listenLeon. Hark" Alm. No, all is hushed, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 pàgines
...Whistling through hollows of tins vaulted aisle. We'll listen Jjon. Hark ! Aim. No, all is hushed, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and ¡mmoveable, Looking tranquillity. It... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pàgines
...he made a lord. DESCRIPTION of an ancient CA/IHEDRAL. (CONCRETE.) • -'Tis dreadful ! How rev'rend is .the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars...arch'd and pond'rous roof! By its own weight made stedfast, and immoveable. Looking tranquillity, it strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight ! The... | |
 | William Congreve - 1808 - 412 pàgines
...behold the tomb of Anselmo), an image the most poetical of any in the English language: " How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, " Whose ancient pillars...arch'd and pond'rous roof, " By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, " Looking tranquillity ! — It strikes an awe " And terror on my aching sight.... | |
 | Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 382 pàgines
...behold the tomb of Anselmo), an image the most poetical of any in the English language : " How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, " Whose ancient pillars...arch'd and pond'rous roof, " By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, " Looking tranquillity ! — It strikes an awe " And terror on my aching sight.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 464 pàgines
...LEONORA. Hark ! ALMKRIA. No, all is hush'd and nil! as death. ' I , . dreadful ! How reverend is the fuce of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their...! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; th e tombt , iJ And monumental caves of death look cold, /O 'And shoot a chilness to my trembling... | |
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