 | Thomas Bulfinch - 1993 - 390 ページ
...cave of Staffa, opposite: Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A minister to her Maker's praise! Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches...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... | |
 | Gerald Finley - 1999 - 280 ページ
...that capture the rhythm of the pounding surf echoing through the cave's crystal-encrusted chamber: Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge...between each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws.4' Although the vignette records the cave's particular geological character and therefore alludes... | |
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Where, as to shame the temples deck'd By skill of earthly architect, 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... 
