 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
 | Richard Garnett - 1903 - 504 pages
...Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted isle. We'll listen— I^eonora. Hark ! Almeria. No ! all is hush'd, and still as death ! 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend...ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft it& arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity.... | |
 | John N. Crawford - 1903 - 442 pages
...by Dr. Johnson to be the finest poetical passage he had ever read. It is a description of a temple. 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 immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 456 pages
...Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted isle : We'll listen. LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'd, and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful ! How reverend is the face of this tall pile ; continues : — ' Not wittier than Con- but then he has only one ten-guinea greve, &c., but with... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 pages
...vautted aisle: We'll listen — Leo. Hark! Aim. No, atl is hush'd and stitt as death. — Tis dreadfut ! 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 steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity! It... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...mentioned the description of Dover Cliff. JOHNSON : " No, Sir ; it should 1 Act ii. sc. 3. — MALONE. " How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heada, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and unmoveable,... | |
 | William Congreve - 1912 - 484 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! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, sc Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | William Congreve - 1912 - 482 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! How reverend is the jace of this tall pile, sc Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched... | |
 | John Rutledge Scott - 1915 - 694 pages
...Final predominating in the last five lines. Increasing Tremor of Fright through the last six lines. Now all is hushed and still as death! 'Tis dreadful! How...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 - 692 pages
...Final predominating in the last five lines. Increasing Tremor of Fright through the last six lines. Now all is hushed and still as death! 'Tis dreadful! How...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... | |
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