 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. A Comparison. COWPER. THE lapse of time and rivers is the same ; Both... | |
 | William Cartwright Newsam - 1845 - 264 pages
...heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a clullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to... | |
 | William Coombs Dana - Europe - 1845 - 408 pages
...To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Loojdng tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my...And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart." The House of Commons is a plain unadorned hall, about 80 feet by... | |
 | Georgiana Fullerton - English fiction - 1846 - 380 pages
...heads To bear aloft its arch'd aud ponderous roof, By Its own weight made steadfast and immoveable — Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror...cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart." "MOUHMNG B1IIDE." — CONGBEVE. DURING the ensuing three or four months, nothing occurred in the course... | |
 | Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1846 - 774 pages
...heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable — Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror...cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart." "MOURNtNG BRtDE." — CONCRETE. DURING the ensuing three or four months, nothing occurred In the course... | |
 | Salem Town - American literature - 1847 - 420 pages
...heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight. The...cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. 0 thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers ! Whence are thy beams, 0 sun ! thy everlasting... | |
 | Hugh Miller - England - 1847 - 454 pages
...weight made steadfast and immovable,— Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on the aching sight: the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to the trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1848 - 848 pages
...heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror...cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart." CONOREVE'S Mourning Bride, Act II. K. 1. See also Joanna Baillie's " De Montfort," Acts IV. and V.]... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848 - 618 pages
...You do look, my son, in a moved sort, As if you were dismayed : be cheerful, sir : Our revels now are ended : these our actors, As I foretold you, were...the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 406 pages
...heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror...cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart" CONQREVE'S Mourning Bride, Act II. ae. 1. See also Joanna Baillie's " De Montfort," Acts IV. and V.]... | |
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And terror on my aching sight : the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Our revels are now ended : these our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air; And... 
