In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd... The Lord of the Isles: A Poem - Side 142af Walter Scott - 1815 - 443 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert - 1866 - 538 sider
...front in vain, To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say, 'i \Yell hast thou doue, frail child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately...shrine, Task'd high and hard — but witness mine! » Les Anglais et tous les voyageurs en général professent un grand enthousiasme pour cette grotte... | |
| Alexander Murray (publisher.) - 1866 - 466 sider
...Nor does its entrance front in vain That Nature's voice might seem to say— To old lona's holy faen, "Well hast thou done, frail child of clay; Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard—but witness mine."' Staffa is oval-like, somewhat irregular in form, little more than 1 \ miles... | |
| John Murray (publishers.) - 1867 - 546 sider
...prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance point in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say,...clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd hard and high, but witness mine ! Which, when the ruins of thy pile Cumber the desolated isle, Firm... | |
| John Murray (publishers.) - 1867 - 538 sider
...prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance point in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say,...clay : Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd hard and high, but witness mine ! Which, when the ruins of thy pile Cumber the desolated isle, Firm... | |
| 1867 - 614 sider
...workmanship, by plan or tool" Or as Sir Walter phrases it " Nor dees its entrance point in vain To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say,...child of clay; Thy humble powers that stately shrine, Taxed high and hard, but witness mine." I have often visited the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Antrim,... | |
| Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert - 1867 - 494 sider
...would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise. . . . Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say,...child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but wituess mine '.' " The English, and travellers in general, profess a great... | |
| Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 sider
...prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say. " Well hast thou done, frail Child of Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard—but witness clay! XI. Merrily, merrily... | |
| Charles John Boyle - 1867 - 402 sider
...velocipede. This jovial party has unsettled me. I must go out in quest of adventure too. At sea again ! 'Merrily goes the bark, before the gale she bounds; So darts the dolphin from the shark, and the deer before the hounds.' We have no gale; and sharks and dolphins, if there be any, are invisible... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 526 sider
...prolonged and high, That mocks the organ s melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say,...shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine!" XI. Merrily, merrily goes the bark — Before the gale she bounds; So darts the dolphin from the shark,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 146 sider
...organ s melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice mi^ht seem to say, "Well hast thou done, frail Child of...shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine!" Merrily, merrily goes the bark — Before the gale she bounds: So darts the dolphin from the shark,... | |
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