...of the restoration of St. Paul's, began by Charles I. : — " First salutes the place, Crowned 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 reached and soared above thy height,...

...hetween, and first salutes the place Crowned with that sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether 't is a part of earth or sky Uncertain seems, and may be...thought a proud Aspiring mountain or descending cloud, — Paul's, the late theme of such a Muse whose flight Has bravely reached and soared above thy height...

...which swift as thought contracts the space That lies between, and first salutes the place Crowned 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 reached and soared above thy height...

...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...thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud. Then, with a compliment to Charles I. and Henrietta Maria, he turns to Windsor : — Windsor the next...

...origin from that fact.4 A higher note is struck by Sir John Denham in his poem ' Cooper's Hill ' : ' That sacred pile so vast, so high That whether 'tis...thought a proud Aspiring mountain, or descending cloud. Now shalt thou stand, though sword or time or fire Or zeal more fierce than they thy fall conspire...

...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, Pauls, the late theme of such a Muse whose flight Has bravely reach't and soar'd above thy height:2...

...swift as thought contracts the space 'Iliat 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:...

...edifice,' and prayed that he might live to see it destroyed. Denham the poet sang its praises, and says : ' That sacred pile, so vast, so high, That whether 'tis...thought a proud Aspiring mountain or descending cloud.' Waller too, ever the courtier, interscored his eulogy with the following flattery of Charles : ' This...