 | English drama - 1811 - 718 pages
...vaulted aisk. We'll listen Leon. Hark! Aim. No, all is hushed, and still as death— 'tis dreadful ! a slav heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stcdfast and immovable,... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...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, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arched and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable,... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 494 pages
...isle : We '11 listen Leonora. Hark! dlmeña. No, all is hush'd, and still as death.— T is dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable,... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - Actors - 1812 - 500 pages
...isle: We'11 listen Leonora. Hark! Altneriri, No, all is hush'd, and still as death.— 'T is dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile; Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 pages
...effects upon the mind in a Gothic Church : Now allis hushed, and still as death : — His dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immovable,... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 492 pages
...dreadful! Hovr reverend is the face of this taH pile; Whose ancient 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 strikes an awe And terror on rny aching sight; the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1813 - 538 pages
...vaulted isle : We'll listen LEON. Hark ! ALM. No, all is hush'd, and still as deafh.— Tis dreadful ! How 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, By its own \yeight made steadfast and immovcable,... | |
 | Biography - 1813 - 536 pages
...vaulted isle : We-ll listen LEoN. Hark ! ALM. No, all is bush-d, and still as death. — 'Tis dreadful! How 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, By its own weight made steadfast and immoveable,... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...dreadful ! Leo. Let us re.turn, theljiorror of this place And silence, wiH increase your melancholy. How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient, pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft it's areh'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made steadfast and immovcabl^,... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - English drama - 1815 - 450 pages
...We'll listen Lew. Hark! Aim. No, all is husli'd, and still as death — 'tis dreadful ! How rev'reud is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch and pondVous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking... | |
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Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. 
