 | George Godwin - 1838 - 368 pagine
...Bridge, or when, from a rising ground, London is seen in all its might and mistiness, ' Crown'd with that sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether 'tis...thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud,' — DUNHAM. 1 The Colosseum, in the Regent's Park, contains a painted view of the environs of the cathedral,... | |
 | George Godwin - 1839 - 924 pagine
...Bridge, or when, from a rising ground, London is seen in all its might and mistiness, ' Crown'd with that sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether 'tis...Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud,' — DENHAM. 1 The Colosseum, in the Regent's Park, contains a painted view of the environs of the cathedral, as... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pagine
...which swift as thought contracts the space That lies between, and first salutes the place Crown'd with that sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether 'tis a part of earth or sky [* The earliest edition known was printed at London In 1642.] [t Denham has been frequently imitated... | |
 | John Thomas Smith - 1846 - 484 pagine
...cathedral, in which he speaks of it as — " That sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether it's a part of earth or sky Uncertain seems, and may be...thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud !" In the following couplets he alludes to Waller, "the best of poets," and his verses already quoted,... | |
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - 1846 - 432 pagine
...the space That lies between, and first salutes the place, Crown'd with that sacred pile, so vast, eo high, That whether 'tis a part of earth or sky, Uncertain seems and may though be a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud; Paul's, the late theme of such a Muse, whose... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pagine
...which swift as thought contracts the space That lies between, and first salutes the place Crown'd with that sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether 'tis...thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud ; Paul's, the late theme of such a Muse,* whose flight Has bravely reach'd and soar'd above thy height... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 pagine
...Fine Arts of the English School, quoted in Brayley, vol. ii. p. 217. t Londinium Redivivum, iii. 134. Uncertain seems, and may be thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud ; Paul's, the late name of such a muse whose flight Has bravely reach'd and soar'd above thy height... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1848 - 328 pagine
...of the English School, quoted in Brayley, vol. ii. p. 217. t Londinium Rediyivum, iii. 134"Uncertain seems, and may be thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud ; Paul's, the late name of such a muse whose flight Has bravely reach'd and soar'd above thy height... | |
 | 1849 - 588 pagine
...following passage of his ' Cooper's hill ': -That sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether it's a part of earth or sky, Uncertain seems, and may be...thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud ; Paul's, the late name of such a muse whose flight Has bravely reached and soar'd above thy height... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1853 - 838 pagine
...which swift as thought contracts,the space That liée between, and first salutes the place Crown'd with that sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether 'tis...thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud ; [flight Paul's, the late theme of such a Muse.J whose Has bravely reaeh'd and soar'd above thy height... | |
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tis a part of earth or sky Uncertain seems, and may be thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud... 
