 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1826 - 464 sidor
...Gives it such a look of soul, That, when upon it's silent walls The silvered grey of moonlight falls, And the fixed image dim appears, It seems some shade of parted years * The busts of Offa and his Queen are at the springs of the arch tf the great porch. Left watching... | |
 | Ann Ward Radcliffe - 1833 - 396 sidor
...silent walls The silvered grey of moonlight falls, * The busts of Offa and his Queen are at the springs of the arch of the great porch. And the fixed image...of chapels round, For ever— ever, rest the head. v. Now know ye this pale and ancient Choir,. Where the massy tower lifts a slender spire ? Here forty... | |
 | William Beattie - 1842 - 398 sidor
...grace are seen. ST. Aims-." This western front shows various style, Less ancient than the central pile. It seems some shade of parted years Left watching...Who here for pious Henry bled, And here, beneath the wide-stretch'd ground Of nave, of choir, of chapels round, For ever — ever, rest the head." " Over... | |
 | William Beattie - 1843 - 422 sidor
...various style, Less aneient than the central pile. It scems some shade of parted years Left watehing o'er the mouldering dead, Who here for pious Henry bled, And here, beneath the wide-strctch'd ground Of nave, of choir, of chapels round, For ever — ever, rest the head." Over... | |
 | William Beattie - 1844 - 404 sidor
...GATEHOUSE AND ABBEY-COURT. This western front shows various style) Less ancient than the central pile. It seems some shade of parted years Left watching...here for pious Henry bled ; And here, beneath the wide-stretch'd ground Of nave, of choir, of chapels round, For ever — ever rest the head." Over the... | |
 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - 1846 - 414 sidor
...Gives to it such a look of soul, That, when upon its silent walls The silver'd grey of moonlight falls, And the fixed image dim appears, It seems some shade of parted years 9 Left watching o'er the mould'ring dead, Who here for pious Henry bled, And here beneath the wide-stretched... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1861 - 550 sidor
...styles of different ages. " Beside this porch, on either hand, Giant buttresses darkly stand, , PART VI. It seems some shade of parted years Left watching...Who here for pious Henry bled, And here, beneath the wide-stretch'd ground Of uave,10 of choir,n of chapels round, t Forever — ever rest the head."12... | |
 | Alida Alberdina Sibbellina Wieten - 1926 - 170 sidor
...journal: Oaston, I, introduction p. 14 "1 journal p. f 56 — 58. Oaston, III, p. 48, 50 J journal p. \ 59 And the fixed image dim appears, It seems some shade...parted years Left watching o'er the mouldering dead", Canto I: IV Its antiquity inspires Mrs. Radcliffe with veneration, almost with religious awe: "The... | |
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This western front shows various style, Less ancient than the central pile. No furrows deep upon its brow The frown of seven stern centuries show ; Yet the sad grandeur of the whole Gives it such a look of soul, That, when upon it's silent walls The silvered... 