 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 poetical works of Walter Scott - Стр. 146авторы: sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - Страниц: 848
...surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the...shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine!" XL Merrily, merrily goes the bark, Before the gale she bounds ; So darts the dolphin from the shark,... | |
 | Staffa - 1850 - Страниц: 186
...surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the...shrine Task'd high and hard— but witness mine." ' Dr. M'Cufloch's description of this august natural temple is the result of minute and accurate study... | |
 | 1851 - Страниц: 704
...surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the...humble powers that stately shrine Task"d high and hard—but witness mine !' "* The Boat Cave, and Mackinnon's, or the Cormorant's * Lord o/the Iilei,... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - 1851 - Страниц: 776
...the wondrous natural cave which popular tradition has associated with the favourite name of FingaL * Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's...child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine I"1 To those who are curious in investigating such ancient... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1852 - Страниц: 652
...high vault an answer draws In varied tone, prolong'd on bigh, That mocks the organ s melody. Nor does its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane,...stately shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine !'" ANECDOTES OF ELEPHANTS. AN artillery officer in India witnessed a circumstance which he thus relates... | |
 | Henry Caswall - 1853 - Страниц: 208
...and its ruined Cathedral appeared on the left side of the island. The lines of Scott came to mind:— Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's...stately shrine Task'd high and hard, but witness mine !" landing on the island outside the cave, I walked over it with the American General. Near the waterside... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 682
...each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In serried tones, prolonged and high, That mock the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in...child of clay! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine ! ' ' About nine miles to the north of lona, and eight miles... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 704
...each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In serried tones, prolonged and high, That mock the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in...child of clay! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine! ' ' About nine miles to the north of lona, and eight miles... | |
 | Henry Caswall - 1853 - Страниц: 188
...of the island. The lines of Scott came to mind:— 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!" Landing on the island outside the cave, I walked over it with the American General. Near the waterside... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - Страниц: 772
...surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, That Nature's voice might seem to say "Well hast thou...shrine Task'd high and hard — but witness mine!" Scott. MINSTREL. MINUTES. 435 MINSTREL. HARK how the minstreles gin to shriek aloud Their merry music... | |
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