 | 1815 - 1008 pages
...had quiet home, And welter'd in that wond'rous dome, Where, as to chame the temples dcck'd BT sl-iil of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would...to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend H»r columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme lew solemn teils That mighty surge that ebbs and... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1815 - 572 pages
...gay The cormorant had found, And the shy seal had quiet home, And welter'd in that wond'rous dome, Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of...solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, A*d still between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1815 - 466 pages
...repose The cormorant had found, And the shy seal had quiet home, And welter'd in that wond'rous dome, Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of...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... | |
 | 1815 - 698 pages
...The cormorant had found, And the shy seal had quiet home, , , And welter'd in that wond'rous dome, Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seeni'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her... | |
 | 1815 - 606 pages
...repose The cormorant had found, And the shy seal had quiet home, And welter'd in that wond'rous dome, Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Mature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend... | |
 | H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1818 - 500 pages
...repose The cormorant had found, And Ihe shy seal had quiet home, And welter'd in that wondrous dome, Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Mature herself, it secm'd, would raise A Minsier to her Maker's praise ! Not lor a meaner use ascend... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 678 pages
...repose The cormorant had found, And the shy seal had quiet home, And wclter'd in that-wond'rous dome, Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it sectn'd, would raise A minster to her Maker's prime ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...repose The cormorant had found, And the shy seal had quiet home, And weltcr'd in that wond'rous dome, Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of...Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge thai ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, lu... | |
 | 1858 - 532 pages
...the lines of the Scottish Bard, who thus describes Fingal's Care in hi* " Lord of the Isles :" '• Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Mature herself it seem'd would raise A minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend... | |
 | Thomas Rose (topographical writer.) - 1832 - 232 pages
...given, the eye is enabled to convey to the mind a vivid impression of " this scene sublime :" — " Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise." On the mountains forming the back-ground of the... | |
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And welter'd in that wondrous dome, 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... 
