 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
 | 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,... | |
 | George Pepper - 1829 - 486 pages
...of .limit-in, in the ' Mpurning Brute,' while she is in the Cathedral : — " 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 ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovcable ; Looking tranquillity !... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 396 pages
...himself, remains immovable, and smiles at the madness of the dance about him ! Drydea. How revered is the face of this tall pile. Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable. Congrew. Immovably firm... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pages
...isJu. We'll Helen—- • Lean. Hark!— А/ ¡л. No, all ¡a hushed, and still as death.— 'Tia dreadful. " How reverend is the face of this tall...rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and pond'rous roof; By its own weight made btedfast and ¡mmoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 364 pages
...he might pursue the chase, and hew the venerable oaks as his occasion required. 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 ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 336 pages
...of Dr. Johnson — it is the description of the interior of a cathedral : — " Now all is hush'd, and still as death,— 'tis dreadful ! How reverend...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, • Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight... | |
 | John Galt - 1831 - 332 pages
...eulogium of Dr. Johnson — it is the description of the interior of a cathedral: — " Now all is hush'd, and still as death, — 'tis dreadful ! How reverend...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror to my aching sight ;... | |
 | British theatre - 1831 - 922 pages
...listen — Leon. Hark! Ahn. ."So, all is hush'd, and still as -Ir:il'i — 1 'tis dreadful! How rev'rend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To hear aloft its arch and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveahle, Looking tranquillity,... | |
 | Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...1821, Falsehood is just as distant from truth, as the eyes are from the cars. — Thales. f -~ 414 How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; Whose...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 722 pages
...vaulted aille: We'll listen— LEONORA. Hark! ALMERÍA. No, all Is hush'd and still as death.— Tie 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 pieadfaal and immoveable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
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