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" How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers ! This crowd of statues, in whose folded sleeves Birds build their nests ; while canopied with leaves Parvis and portal bloom like trellised bowers, And the vast minster seems a cross of flowers... "
Christian History in Its Three Great Periods: Second period: The Middle Age - Page 267
by Joseph Henry Allen - 1884
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 544 pages
...of the time disconsolate To inarticulate murmurs dies away, While the eternal ages watch and wait. How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers...statues, in whose folded sleeves Birds build their nests ; i^hile canopied with leaves Parvis and portal bloom like trellised bowers, i And the vast minster...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: With Numerous ...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 356 pages
...the time disconsolate To inarticulate murmurs dies away, While the eternal age» watch and wait П. How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers...crowd of statues, in whose folded sleeves Birds build thtir nests ; while canopied with leaves Parvis and portal bloom like trellised bower». And the vast...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 320 pages
...sculptures that adorn these towns! This crowd of statues, in whose folded sleeves Birds build th.-ir nests ; while canopied with leaves Parvis and portal bloom like trellised bowers, Aud the vast minster seems a cross of flowers ! But fiends and dragons on the gargoyled eaves Watch...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Volume 2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1884 - 732 pages
...his Paternoster o'er ; Far of? the noises of the world retreat ; The loud vociferations of the street How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers...flowers ! But fiends and dragons on the gargoyled eaves I ENTEK, and I see thee in the gloom Of the long aisles, O poet saturnine ! And strive to make my steps...
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Transactions, Volume 1

Ecclesiological Society - 1885 - 432 pages
...world retreat, The loud veciferations of the street Become an undistinguishable roar. • * » • " How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers,...leaves Parvis and portal bloom like trellised bowers. • • • » " I lift mine eyes, and all the windows blaze With forms of saints and holy men who...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: With ..., Volume 3

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 330 pages
...disconsolate To inarticulate murmurs dies away, While the eternal ages watch and wait. D1VINA COMMEDIA 141 II. How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers...bowers, And the vast minster seems a cross of flowers I But fiends and dragons on the gargoyled eaves Watch the dead Christ between the living thieves, And,...
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1

Dante Alighieri - 1886 - 468 pages
...of the time disconsolate To inarticulate murmurs dies away, While the eternal ages watch and wait. How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers...nests ; while canopied with leaves Parvis and portal hloom like trellised bowers, And the vast minster seems a cross of flowers ! But fiends and dragons...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: With Numerous Illustrations

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1887 - 360 pages
...How strange the sculptures that adorn these town. 1 This crowd of statues, in whose folded sleevea Birds build their nests ; while canopied with leaves...And the vast minster seems a cross of flowers ! But tiends and dragons on the gargoyled eaves Watch the dead Christ between the living thieves, And, underneath,...
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Ballads, Lyrics and Sonnets: From the Poetic Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1889 - 254 pages
...the time disconsolate To inarticulate murmurs dies away, While the eternal ages watch and wait. H. How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers...trellised bowers, And the vast minster seems a cross of But fiends and dragons on the gargoyled eaves Watch the dead Christ between the living thieves, And,...
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Echoes of Life: Or, Beautiful Gems of Poetry & Song. A Choice Collection of ...

Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...of the time disconsolate To inarticulate murmurs dies away, While the eternal ages watch and wait. How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers!...Parvis and portal bloom like trellised bowers, And vast the minster seems a cross of flowers! But fiends and dragons on the gargoyled eaves Watch the...
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