 Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge...  The Lands of Scott - Page 114de James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 508 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1852 - 710 pages
...deck'd Bj skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns,...arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That might; surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause. From the high vault an answer... | |
 | Treasury - 1853 - 276 pages
...deck'd 87 skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns,...prolong'd and high. That mocks the organ's melody." "The stupendous columns," he adds, " which form the sides of the cave — the depth and strength of... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1853 - 704 pages
...ducked By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A Minster to her MAKEU'S praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns,...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In serried tones, prolonged and high, That mock the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1853 - 682 pages
...skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A Minster to her MAKER'S praise 1 Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In serried tones, prolonged and high, That mock the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend; Nor for a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful... | |
 | Random readings - 1854 - 204 pages
...decked By skill of earthly architect. Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A Minster to her MAKER'S praise! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In serried tones, prolonged and high, That mock the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - 510 pages
...the cave of Staffa, opposite : — " Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns,...From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone, prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody ; Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 912 pages
...duck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise !' Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches hcnd ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1856 - 512 pages
...the cave of Staffa, opposite : — " Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns,...tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And stffl between each awfol pause. From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone, prolonged and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1857 - 468 pages
...decked By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns,...From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's... | |
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