 Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart.  The British drama - Page 276by British drama - 1804Full view - About this book
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 280 pages
...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, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 500 pages
...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, Looking tranquillity! It... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 494 pages
...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, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | 1813 - 536 pages
...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, Looking tranquillity !... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 538 pages
...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, Looking tranquillity !... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - 450 pages
...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 tranquillity. It strikes... | |
 | Rodolphus Dickinson - 1815 - 214 pages
...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^, Looking tranquillity..... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 pages
...LEONORA. Hark! ALMERIA. No, all is hush'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 ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity ! It... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...lord. § 89. Description of an ancient Cathedral. CONGREVE. Tis dreadful : How rev'rend 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 steadfast and immoveable! Looking tranquillity ;... | |
 | 1819 - 896 pages
...and to gratify my readers, by a passage from " The Mourning Bride."— • 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 it* own weight made steadfast anil immoveable, Looking tranquillity !... | |
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