 Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not lessen'd; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thou Shalt one day, if found...  Childe Harold's pilgrimage: Italy - Page 112by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1872Full view - About this book
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1830 - 386 pages
...eternal ark of worship undefiled. Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not lessen'd; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...defined, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow. CLIII. Thou movest — but increasing with the advance, Like... | |
 | Thomas Roscoe - Engraving - 1831 - 404 pages
...eternal ark of worship undefiled. Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not lessen'd; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow. Thou movest — but increasing with the advance, Like climbing some great Alp, which still doth rise,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 376 pages
...eternal ark of worship undeflled. Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; And why? it is not lessen'd; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...thou dost now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by Ms brow. CLIII. Thou movest — but increasing with the advance, Like climbing some great Alp, which... | |
 | John Richard Beste - 1831 - 202 pages
...they rest between man and his Maker ;" — and although in stanza CLV. St. Peter's is described as " A fit abode, wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thou Shall one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His Holy of... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 356 pages
...worship undefiled. CLII. Enter: its grandeur overwhelms thee not; (!) And why ? it is not lessen'd ; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot,...now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow. (1) £" I remember very well," says Sir Joshua Reynolds, " my own disappointment when I first visited... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 982 pages
...of worship undented. CLV. Enter: its grandeur overwhelms theenot;(l) And why ? it is not lessenM ; waken and its spirit soar? No dread of death — if...Save that it seems even duller than repose : Conic fuce to face, as thou dost now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow. CLVI. Thon rnovesl —... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837 - 480 pages
...of worship undcfiled. CLV. Enter: its grandeur overwhelms lhecnot;(l) And why? it ¡s not lessenM; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find Л fit abode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality; and Ihuu Shalt one day, if found worthy,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1837 - 352 pages
...Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ; 1 And why ? it is not lessen'd ; hut thy mind, Expanded hy the genius of the spot, Has grown colossal, and can only find A fit ahode wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and thou Shalt one day, if found worthy,... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 720 pages
...Peter's at Rome: — " Enter : its grandeur overwhelms thee not ! And why f — it is not lessened ; but thy mind Expanded by the genius of the spot, Has...wherein appear enshrined Thy hopes of immortality ; and tliou Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined, See thy God face to face, as thou dost now His Holy... | |
 | 1840 - 808 pages
...overwhelms thee not; And why : It is not lessened; but thy mind, Expanded by the genius of the spot, Hath grown colossal; and can only find A fit abode, wherein...now His Holy of Holies, nor be blasted by his brow !" pious the spirit in which this sub- of the church ! Oh, si sic omnia! How unchristian! how utterly... | |
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