Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. The Works of Lord Byron - Page 447by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1904Full view - About this book
| British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...some transient wind Whistling through hollows of this vaulted aisle. We'll listen Leon. Hark ! Aim. No, all is hushed, and still as death — 'tis dreadful...arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...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...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...Whistling thro" hollows of this vaulted aisle : We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark ! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd and still as death. — "Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of thisxfall pile, Whose ancient pillars, rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 pages
...of similar effects upon the mind in a Gothic Church : Now allis hushed, and still as death : — His dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile,...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... | |
| David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 494 pages
...vaulted isle : We '11 listen Leonora. Hark! dlmeña. No, all is hush'd, and still as death.— T is dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile;...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... | |
| David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 500 pages
...vaulted isle: We'11 listen Leonora. Hark! Altneriri, No, all is hush'd, and still as death.— 'T is dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile;...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... | |
| David Erskine Baker - 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... | |
| 1813 - 536 pages
...wind Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted isle : We-ll listen LEoN. Hark ! ALM. No, all is bush-d, and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! How reverend...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond-rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 538 pages
...hollows of this vaulted isle : 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...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own \yeight made steadfast and immovcable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
| Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...dreadful ! 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..... | |
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