 Where, as to shame the temples decked By skill of earthly architect, 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...  The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - 209 psl.Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 psl.
...cathedral, as to have called forth the well-known lines of Sir Walter Scott on Fingal's Cave : u When, as to shame the temples decked By skill of earthly...architect, Nature herself, it seemed, would raise A minster5 to her Maker's praise." " The Cathedral of lona," says a late writer, " sinks into insignificance... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1862 - 706 psl.
...round. Then all unknown its columns rose, Where dark and undisturbed repose The cormorant had found, And the shy seal had quiet home, And weltered in that...seemed, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise I Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That... | |
 | 1863 - 326 psl.
...female form I see ; And I have sworn this sainted sod Shall ne'er by woman's foot be trod. MOOBE. IONA. NATURE herself, it seemed, would raise A minster to...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... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 552 psl.
...cathedral, as to have called forth the well-known lines of Sir Walter Scott on Fingal's Cave : " When, as to shame the temples decked By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seemed, would rate A minster5 to her Maker's praise." " The Cathedral of lona," says a late writer, " sinks into... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1864 - 680 psl.
...round. Then all unknown its columns rose, Where dark and undisturbed repose The cormorant had found, And the shy seal had quiet home, And weltered in that...seemed, would raise A Minster to her Maker's praise l Not for a meaner use ascend Her columns, or her arches bend ; Nor of a theme less solemn tells That... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 psl.
...bend above, floating like streamers on the wind their lank uplifted leaves. R. SOUTHEY 269 IONA HERE, as to shame the temples decked by skill of earthly...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... | |
 | Alexander McAuslane - 1864 - 406 psl.
...green waters of the ocean. Looking on all this we fully realized the lines of Sir Walter Scott :— " Where, as to shame the temples decked By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seems, would raise A minster to her maker's praise." Leaving this cave, we landed at the entrance,... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 psl.
...Then all unknown its columns rose, Where dark and undisturbed repose The cormorant had found ; And the shy seal had quiet home, And weltered in that...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... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 psl.
...dome, Where, as to shame the temples declc'd By skill of earthly architect, Nature herself, it seem'd, would raise A minster to her Maker's praise ! Not...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1866 - 180 psl.
...Then all unknown its columns rose, Where dark and undisturbed repose The cormorant had found ; And the shy seal had quiet home, And weltered in that...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... | |
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