 | 1868 - 738 ページ
...to her Maker's praise I Not for n meaner nsc ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a (heme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs and swells, And still, between each awful pause, ! mm the high vauli an answer draws, In serried tones, prolonged and high, That mock the organ's melody.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1840 - 286 ページ
...hend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge, that ehhs and swells, And still, hetween each awful pause, From the high vault an answer draws,...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... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1841 - 410 ページ
...reference to his course. The variety of their shape contributes much to the beauty of these effects. Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches...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... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 ページ
...skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raijo A Minster to her Maker's praise !" Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches...high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its on trance front in vain To old lona's holy fane, That Nature's voice might seem to say, « Well hast... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1842 - 598 ページ
...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...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... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction New Series VOL.IV - 1843 - 458 ページ
...of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise 1 Nor 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... | |
 | James Johnson - 1844 - 406 ページ
...Minster to her Maker's praise ! — Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor for a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs...prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody." The terrific scene that presented itself, (but not to human eyes), when Nature upraised Staffa, the... | |
 | James Johnson - 1844 - 400 ページ
...Minster to her Maker's praise!— Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend; Nor for a theme less solemn tells That mighty surge that ebbs...prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody." The terrific scene that presented itself, (but not to human eyes), when Nature upraised Staffa, the... | |
 | 1866 - 396 ページ
...skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A minister to her Maker's praise. Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches...high vault an answer draws In varied tone, prolong'd on high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor does its entrance front in vain To old lona's holy fane,... | |
 | Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - 1845 - 572 ページ
...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...still, between each awful pause, From the high vault an answers draws, In varied tone prolong'd and high, That mocks the organ's melody. Nor doth its entrance... | |
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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... 
