 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
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1868 - 398 sider
...holy fane. That Nature's voice mi^lit si'eni to say, " \\VI1 hast tliou done, frail Child of clay! Thv humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard— but witness mine I" XL Merrily, merrily goes the hark, 1-ieYuiv tlie kale she Imnnds: So darts tlu- tiuiphiu from the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1870 - 468 sider
...prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old Iona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say,...stately shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine ! ' — • 11 Merrily, merrily, goes the bark — Before the gale she bounds ; So darts the dolphin... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 534 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,...shrine Task'd high and hard, — but witness mine! ' " '* * Which, when the ruins of thy pile Cumber the desolated isle, Firm and immutable shall stand,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1871 - 216 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,...stately 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... | |
 | James Frothingham Hunnewell - 1871 - 540 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,...stately shrine Task'd high and hard, — but witness mint '* * Which, when the ruins of thy pile Cumber the desolated isle, levation of nearly one hundred... | |
 | Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert - 1872 - 800 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 witness mine 1 ' " The English, and travellers in general, profess a great... | |
 | Charles Forbes comte de Montalembert - 1872 - 794 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, ' Well hast thou done, frail child of clay 1 Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine ! ' " The English,... | |
 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1872 - 510 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, Well hast thou done, frail child of clay I Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witneu mine . PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1872 - 848 sider
...lona's holy fane. That Nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay I Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard— but witness mine Г XL Merrily, merrily poes the bark — Before the gale ehe bounds ; So darts the dolphin from the... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 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,...stately 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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