 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 - 146 ページsir Walter Scott (bart.) 著 - 1820全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 848 ページ
...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 - 186 ページ
...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 - 704 ページ
...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 - 776 ページ
...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 - 652 ページ
...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 - 208 ページ
...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 - 682 ページ
...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 - 704 ページ
...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 - 188 ページ
...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 - 772 ページ
...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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