 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
 | Thomas Zouch, Francis Wrangham - 1820 - 466 pages
...The following passage is deemed by Dr. Johnson to be superior to any in Shakspeare ! All is hush'd, and still as death — "Tis dreadful! How reverend...ancient pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft it's arch'd and ponderous roof, By it's own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - 428 pages
...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,...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 - 1823 - 452 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...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 - 1823 - 446 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...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...summer, swift our autumn's fled, When youth and love and spring and golden joys are gone. jj temple. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose...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 - 1824 - 438 pages
...Whistling through hollows of this vaulted isle : We'll 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 ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | 1824 - 348 pages
...the disorder make me Tumble down headlong. Awe and Fear. NOW, all is hush'd and still as deathHow, reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and pond'rous roof, 15y its own weight made steadfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 394 pages
...Hark ! ALHERIA. ' No, all is hush'd and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! How reverend is the i'ace of this tall pile ; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its areh'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 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...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 - 1825 - 674 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...pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveablc. Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
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