 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1874 - 674 sider
...lacks energy, the second comprehensiveness; but both win live. THE HILL OF HOWTH. BY A. 'W. BFCKLAND. " Nor of a theme less solemn tells, That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each avful pause, From the high vault an aniwer draws, In varied tone, prolonged and high, That mock) the... | |
 | William Pembroke Fetridge - 1870 - 964 sider
...column?, or ber arches bend ; Kor of a theme lew solemn tells That mighty surge that eblw and swells, Aad still between each awful pause From the high vault an answer draws, In varied form prolong1 d and hEgli, That mock* the organ's melody ; Nor doth iu entrance front In... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 146 sider
...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;...that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pwse, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolonged and high, That mocks the organ... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 536 sider
...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;...solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, ' Note 36. t Note 37. t Noie 38. And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 468 sider
...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;...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1871 - 216 sider
...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...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 534 sider
...earthly architect, Nature herself, it seenvd, would raise A Minster to her Makers praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend;...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high. That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1871 - 266 sider
...A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Not of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 sider
...earthly architect, Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise : Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend...each awful pause From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone, prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody ; Nor doth its entrance front in... | |
 | John Murray (publishers.) - 1873 - 644 sider
...earthly architect, Kature herself, it seemed, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise ! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend...awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone, prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance point In vain... | |
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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 less solemn tells That mighty surge... 
