 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 that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From...  The poetical works of Walter Scott - Стр. 146авторы: sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1893 - Страниц: 956
...And still, between each 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 front in vain To old lona'a holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, ' Well hast thou done, frail child of clay... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - Страниц: 680
...pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolonged and high, That mocks the orgarrs melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old...seem to say, "Well hast thou done, frail child of Thy humble powers that stately shrine Tasked high and hard — but witness mine !T| ANNOT LYLE'S SONG.... | |
 | Charles Maus Taylor - 1899 - Страниц: 340
...And still between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tones, 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... | |
 | Esther Singleton - 1900 - Страниц: 490
...swells, And still, beneath each awful pause From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolonged and high That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its...holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, t Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay ! Thy humble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1901 - Страниц: 582
...swells, And still, between each 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 front in vain To old lona's holy fane, a deep and swelling sea, and paved as it were with ruddy marble, baffles all description. You can walk... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1914 - Страниц: 284
...the high vault an answer draws In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. 265 Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's...seem to say, "Well hast thou done, frail Child of clayl Thy humble powers that stately shrine 270 Task'd high and hard — but witness mine !" XI. Merrily,... | |
 | 1884 - Страниц: 624
...And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tones prolonged and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fame, That nature's voice might seem to say, 'Well hast thou done, frail child of clay ! Thy humble... | |
 | Henry Montagu Butler - 1914 - Страниц: 628
...And still, between each 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 front in vain To old Iona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, " Well hast thou done, frail Child of clay... | |
 | 1867 - Страниц: 940
...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 holy fane, x That nature's voice might seem to say ' Well hast thou done, frail child of clay ! Thy humble powers... | |
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