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 ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the... The Poetical Works of Walter Scott, Esq - Стр. 103авторы: Walter Scott - 1818Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 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 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... | |
| 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 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... | |
| 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 holy fane, That nature's voice might seem to say " Well hast thou done, frail child of clay! Thy humble powers that... | |
| Random readings - 1854 - Страниц: 204
...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 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... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1855 - Страниц: 508
...tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still between each awful pause', From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone, prolonged and high,...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... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1856 - Страниц: 512
...tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And stffl between each awfol pause. From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone, prolonged and high,...the organ's melody ; Nor doth its entrance front in rain To old lona's holy feme, That Xatnre's voice might seem to say, Well hast thou done, frail child... | |
| Walter Scott - 1856 - Страниц: 776
...And still, between 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...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - Страниц: 398
...bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty snrge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awfnl panse, From the high vanlt an answer draws,...seem to say, " Well hast thon done, frail child of elay ! Thy hnmble powers that stately shrine Task'd high and hard — bnt witness mine!'' XI. Merrily,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - Страниц: 468
...tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws, In varied tone prolonged and high,...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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - Страниц: 390
...And still, between 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...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... | |
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